Qatar and Hamas to discuss ways to advance Gaza ceasefire talks with Israel

Palestinians children, displaced from their homes, are pictured in the school where they took refuge in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 28, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Gaza health officials said on December 28, that Israeli forces detained the director of a hospital in the north, which the World Health Organization said was put out of service by an Israeli raid. On December 27, the Israeli military said it had launched an operation in the area of Kamal Adwan Hospital, alleging the facility was a "key stronghold for terrorist organisations". - AFP

ISTANBUL (Bernama-AA): Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman discussed on Saturday developments in the Gaza Strip’s ceasefire negotiations and ways to advance them with a delegation from Hamas, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

The Foreign Ministry said that bin Abdulrahman "received today in Doha a Hamas delegation for the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, led by Khalil Al-Hayya," who is the deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau.