Israel will send a delegation led by the head of its spy agency, Mossad, to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement late on Saturday.

Axar.az reports that it was not immediately clear when Mossad chief David Barnea would travel to Qatar. Also being sent to Qatar are the head of Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency and military and political advisers.

One brief ceasefire has been achieved during 15 months of fighting.

Talks mediated by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar have so far failed to achieve another ceasefire and the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.

Netanyahu's office also said he met on Saturday with Steven Witkoff, the incoming US Middle East envoy appointed by President-elect Donald Trump.

Earlier this week, Witkoff was in Doha, where he met with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, according to Qatar's Foreign Ministry.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this week that a deal is "very close" and he hoped to complete it before handing over diplomacy to the incoming Trump administration.