Palestinian Territories – AFP Prospects for a cease-fire dimmed Sunday after the United States signalled it would veto the latest push for a UN Security Council resolution and mediator Qatar acknowledged that separate truce talks have hit an impasse. Efforts to pause the over four-month-old war languish as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Fighting in Gaza raged on Friday with scores reported killed overnight, after mediator Qatar said Hamas had given its “initial” support to a prisoner exchange deal that would pause its war with Israel. The health ministry in the territory said 112 people had been killed over the previous 24 hours...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar said Thursday that ending the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip should be a priority to prevent its expansion into a regional conflict. “Priority must be given to ending the war in Gaza and prevent its expansion, which contributes to enhancing security and stability at the regional and international levels,” […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar told Israel that Palestinian group Hamas has suspended talks for a prisoner swap deal, according to Israeli media on Thursday. “Hamas told Qatari mediators that it demands a full Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and an end to the war on the first stage of any prisoner swap deal,” […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar has said that mediation efforts for a cease-fire and prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas are still ongoing. “We are engaged in serious negotiations and discussions between the two sides of the crisis in Gaza,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told a press conference in Doha on Tuesday. “Mediation efforts...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli strikes killed dozens more people overnight, the health ministry in Gaza said Thursday, including in the territory’s south where Israel has intensified operations. The renewed strikes came as medicine for Israelis held by the Palestinian resistance groups and fresh aid for civilians entered the...
ANKARA/DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani called Sunday for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the blockaded territory. His remarks came during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Doha as part of a regional tour. Talks […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar has pledged $50 million as an initial humanitarian aid package for those affected by Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Doha also pledged during its participation in the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva to provide 100 scholarships to Palestinian youths, through the Al Fakhoora program of the Education Above All [&h...
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – The war cabinet in Israel refused to send the intelligence chief to Qatar for a prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, saying they would wait for a signal from Hamas, according to Israeli media. In a report by Channel 13, it was revealed that the war cabinet is facing disagreements regarding ongoing […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar on Wednesday condemned an Israeli decision to confiscate Palestinian land in Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem to build an air train. This decision is “a flagrant violation of the principles and provisions of international law, and the relevant USESCO resolutions,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Do...
