Israel will send a delegation to Doha, Qatar on Tuesday to try to negotiate a hostage-ceasefire deal to enable the release of the remaining Gaza captives.

Axar.az, citing Times of Israel, reports that the announcement came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Donald Trump, and following a meeting with US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.

It was issued shortly before the Hamas terror group released American-Israeli hostage soldier Edan Alexander, and before Trump embarked on his planned visit to the region.

Netanyahu stressed, however, that negotiations would be conducted “under fire” and that the military’s planned offensive to achieve control of the entire Gaza Strip would still go ahead if the terror group did not release more captives first.