Negotiating team will leave for Cairo when conditions are ripe: Israeli minister

Minister and member of the war cabinet Benny Gantz said that the negotiating team for the hostage deal will join talks in Cairo "when the conditions are ripe," the Israeli daily Haarets reported on Monday.

In a conversation with family members of hostages outside his home, Gantz said: "We need to go there to return them, not go there to go there."

Gantz also added in his conversation with the families that the greatest chance of repatriating their relatives is through an outline, "and where there are other options, as much as we can do it while ensuring the safety of the hostages – we will."