Qatar Says Gaza Negotiations Will Pause as Both Sides Lack 'Willingness'

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Qatar has said it will stop its mediation of negotiations between Israel and Hamas to end their war in Gaza until the two sides show "sincere willingness" to negotiate.

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00:00Qatar says that it will no longer facilitate negotiations between Israel and the militant

00:05group Hamas until the two sides show a sincere willingness to end the ongoing war in Gaza.

00:11In a statement, the Qatari foreign ministry said that it informed both parties 10 days ago

00:16that it would end its efforts if they did not reach an agreement in the current round of

00:20negotiations. Qatar also said that media reports about the future of Hamas' political office in

00:26its capital, Doha, were inaccurate without specifying how. Reports had previously quoted

00:31an anonymous official as saying that the office no longer served its purpose and that it could

00:36be closed. The war in Gaza began after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing

00:42around 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages. Israel's military campaign in response has

00:48left more than 43,000 Palestinians dead and has leveled much of Gaza.

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