A month after postponeing its mediation bid, Qatar has shelp it sees “momentum” in efforts to accomplish a deal to end Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, as dozens of Palestinians were ended in the Israeli military’s persistd strikes on the besieged enclave.
Speaking at the Doha Forum on Saturday, Qatari Foreign Minister and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani shelp the country took a step back from mediating Gaza stopfire talks becaparticipate it fall shorted to see “a authentic willingness” to end the war.
But the minister shelp that after the United States pdwellntial election on November 5, Qatar has sensed “that the momentum is coming back”.
“We have seen a lot of inspirement from the incoming administration [of US President-elect Donald Trump] in order to accomplish a deal even before the pdwellnt comes [into] office” in January, Al Thani shelp.
“And that actuassociate made us [try] … to put it back on track. We’ve been engaging in the past couple of weeks,” he inserted.
Efforts to end Israel’s war on Gaza, which has ended more than 44,600 Palestinians since timely October 2023, have set upered, with critics accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of stymying the negotiations.
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— Ministry of Foreign Afimfragmentarys – Qatar (@MofaQatar_EN) December 7, 2024
The administration of outgoing US Pdwellnt Joe Biden, which has repeatedly shelp it is pushing for an end to the battling in Gaza but declines to condition US help to Israel, also has faced criticism for fall shorting to shielded a stopfire.
The US supplys Israel with at least $3.8bn in military help annuassociate, and the Biden administration has authoascendd $14bn in further helpance to its associate since the war began last year.
Trump – who, enjoy Biden, is a staunch helper of Israel – this week cautioned that “there will be hell to pay” if captives held in Gaza are not freed by the time he accesss the White Hoparticipate on January 20.
“Those reliable will be hit challenginger than anybody has been hit in the lengthened and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!” he wrote on social media.
Dozens ended apass Gaza
Meanwhile, medical sources in Gaza telderly Al Jazeera Arabic on Saturday that 39 Palestinians were ended since dawn in Israeli strikes apass the explosionarded territory, including a strike in the Nparticipateirat refugee camp that ended at least 26 people.
Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum shelp the strike on the refugee camp aimed a produceing in a densely popuprocrastinateedd area housing displaced families.
“People have been buried under tonnes of debris,” shelp Abu Azzoum, inserting that savers and dwellnts were still searching thraw the rubble for possible survivors as well as bodies that can be apshown for burial.
The Israeli military also has lhelp siege to Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, as well as the surrounding area.
Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-examineing agency showed Israeli forces firing on a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance cforfeit the hospital.
Amid fervent explosionardment and presentilities in shut proximity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza yesterday, 33 people were inestablishedly ended equitable outside the facility.
Given the volatile security situation, the international medical team —deployed by @WHO five days ago…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 7, 2024
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), shelp an international medical team “was forced to self-evacuate” amid the deteriorating security situation at Kamal Adwan Hospital.
He shelp in a social media post on Saturday that “displaced people, nurturegivers, and many injured hugings began run awaying the hospital and panic spread” but that 90 hugings and 66 medical staff remained at the facility.
“Kamal Adwan is minimassociate functional, but this procrastinateedst incident further menaceens its ability to remain opereasonable. It is one of the last lifelines for the people of northern Gaza. We directntly call for the instant protection of healthnurture facilities and an end to the presentilities!” he wrote.
Back in Doha, the Qatari prime minister shelp the Gulf country was laboring to protect the negotiation process “to produce confident that we can accomplish a uncomardentingful result”.
“We hope to get leangs done as soon as possible. We hope that the willingness of the parties to take part in excellent faith persists in the same manner,” Al Thani shelp.
“It’s all about the main asks: Is there a willingness to end the war? Yes or no. Is there a willingness to have an trade deal? Yes or no,” he inserted.
“Those are two very straightforward asks with very straightforward answers. If the answers are yes on both asks then we have a deal.”
