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David Barnea

David Barnea is the current director of the Mossad, Israel's primary foreign intelligence agency. 

 U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Bill Burns is interviewed by Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, as part of the FT Weekend festival in London, Britain September 7, 2024.

New mini-hostage deal on table that would pause Gaza war

 Head of Mossad David Barnea attends the state ceremony marking 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on September 26, 2023

Barnea held talks in Doha on ‘new framework’ for hostage Gaza deal

 Senior official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, Abdulaziz al-Minawi, and Hamas Arab relations chief Khalil al-Hayya (R) hold a press conference during a visit to the Syrian capital Damascus on October 19, 2022.

Safe passage in exchange for hostages: Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire offer

Mossad chief David Barnea seen during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum, May 5, 2024

Mossad chief Barnea to meet Burns in Doha to renew hostage talks

Mossad director David Barnea seen over a wall of hostage posters in Tel Aviv (illustrative)

Barnea spoke with US about linking Hezbollah ceasefire with hostage deal

 David Barnea.

No. 9: David Barnea: The Mossad chief battling the Iranian threat

 BANNER of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) near Tehran's Palestine Square. Alongside: IRGC Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani.

Mossad has stopped over 50 Iranian-backed terror attacks on Jews since Oct. 7 - sources

Einav Zangauker speaking to the civilian probe

'Mossad head told me political circumstances preventing a deal' - hostage's mom

(L-R) Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, Mossad director David Barnea and IDF chief Herzi Halevi seen on May 5, 2024

Mossad, Shin Bet chiefs to take part in hostage deal summit on Thursday

 Benjamin Netanyahu, Yahya Sinwar

Sinwar is the obstacle to the agreement, not me': PM approves delegation to head to Cairo talks

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a press conference amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13, 2024.

No return of terrorists and holding Philadelphi: Israel's hostage deal demands

By MAARIV
 David Barnea, the head of the Israeli Mossad attends an honour guard ceremony for Israel's incoming military chief Herzi Halevi at Israel's Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel January 16, 2023.

Mossad chief returns from Rome with hostage deal clarifications

 Families of Americans held hostage by Hamas speak with members of the press after meeting with US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the White House in Washington, US, July 25, 2024.

Israel sends updated Gaza ceasefire, hostage deal proposal to US

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.

Netanyahu sends adviser Ophir Falk to join hostage talk delegation, excludes security heads

By Walla!
 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a state ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers whose burial place is unknown at Mount Herzl Military cemetery in Jerusalem on March 17, 2024

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: 'We are closer to a deal than we have ever been'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with outgoing Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and incoming Mossad chief David Barnea at a farewell event for Cohen, May 31, 2021. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with outgoing Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and incoming Mossad chief David Barnea at a farewell event for Cohen,

Mossad head will fly to Qatar, Shin Bet chief to Egypt, PMO confirms

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister without Portfolio Benny Gantz hold a news conference in Tel Aviv, in November.

Netanyahu rejected Gaza deal outline before meeting hostage families

 Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv, March 23, 2024

Israel accepts US hostage deal compromise, awaits Hamas response