Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi is seen during an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and the Islamist group Hamas have no desire to go to war despite an uptick in violence, the Qatari envoy who helped mediate a truce between the sides along the volatile Gaza border, said on Saturday.
"Both sides are committed (to the truce) and they have no war intentions at all," Mohammed Al-Emadi told Reuters on a visit to Gaza after a series of border confrontations in which Israel says it has killed at least eight Palestinian militants who tried to infiltrate its territory.
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