Efforts to broker a truce and hostage deal have stalled with Hamas demanding guarantees for an end to the war in Gaza
A Palestinian family prepare to break their fast during Ramadan while sitting amid the ruins of their home in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Negotiations for a ceasefire agreement have continued for weeks but the talks have reached a deadlock, with Hamas demanding that any temporary cessation ofQatar, which is acting as mediator in the talks, along with Egypt and the US, has warned Hamas that its leaders living in Qatar will be deported from country unless it adapts its approach in the negotiations,...
“A ceasefire is on the table today, for six weeks to be built on into something more enduring if Hamas would simply release women, wounded and elderly,” the White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. All parties were “continuing to work in the negotiations to reach a deal hopefully within the confines of Ramadan”, he added, but said he could not “offer any timeline” on a deal and that the conflict remained “very complicated on the ground”.
Hamas has consistently refused to accept a deal unless there are guarantees that it could lead to a permanent ceasefire that ends the war, and for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
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