Witkoff Hoping To Travel To Doha This Week To Close Hostage Deal


Israel – Times of Israel, July 23, 2025

US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff hopes to travel to Doha by the end of the week to finalize a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, a source involved in the mediation effort said on Tuesday.

The source spoke to The Times of Israel shortly after US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce announced that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had just informed her that Witkoff was already en route to the region and that Washington had high hopes for an agreement.

Witkoff “is heading to the region now — to the Gaza area,” Bruce said in a briefing with reporters. When pressed as to where exactly Witkoff was heading, she said that Rubio had not given her specifics.

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