DOHA: Israel‘s army operation in Rafah has set truce negotiations with Hamas “backward”, mediator Qatar stated on Tuesday, including that talks have reached “virtually a stalemate”.
“Particularly up to now few weeks, we have now seen some momentum constructing however sadly issues did not transfer in the fitting route and proper now we’re on a standing of virtually a stalemate,” Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani instructed the Qatar Financial Discussion board.
“In fact, what occurred with Rafah has set us backward.”
Qatar, which has hosted Hamas’s political workplace in Doha since 2012, has been engaged — together with Egypt and the US — in months of behind-the-scenes mediation between Israel and the Palestinian militant group.
Israel continued to struggle Hamas in Rafah on Monday, regardless of US warnings in opposition to a full-scale assault on the south Gaza metropolis that’s crowded with displaced Palestinians.
“There is no such thing as a readability the way to cease the struggle from the Israeli aspect. I do not assume that they’re contemplating this as an possibility… even after we are speaking concerning the deal and resulting in a possible ceasefire,” Sheikh Mohammed stated.
Israeli politicians had been indicating “by their statements that they’ll stay there, they’ll proceed the struggle. And there’s no readability on what Gaza will seem like after this”, he added.
“Particularly up to now few weeks, we have now seen some momentum constructing however sadly issues did not transfer in the fitting route and proper now we’re on a standing of virtually a stalemate,” Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani instructed the Qatar Financial Discussion board.
“In fact, what occurred with Rafah has set us backward.”
Qatar, which has hosted Hamas’s political workplace in Doha since 2012, has been engaged — together with Egypt and the US — in months of behind-the-scenes mediation between Israel and the Palestinian militant group.
Israel continued to struggle Hamas in Rafah on Monday, regardless of US warnings in opposition to a full-scale assault on the south Gaza metropolis that’s crowded with displaced Palestinians.
“There is no such thing as a readability the way to cease the struggle from the Israeli aspect. I do not assume that they’re contemplating this as an possibility… even after we are speaking concerning the deal and resulting in a possible ceasefire,” Sheikh Mohammed stated.
Israeli politicians had been indicating “by their statements that they’ll stay there, they’ll proceed the struggle. And there’s no readability on what Gaza will seem like after this”, he added.
