03/10/2025March 10, 2025
Israel sends negotiators to Doha for new round of ceasefire talks
Israel has sent a team of negotiators to Doha for the latest round of discussions on a fragile ceasefire in that was brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States.
The truce agreement that was signed in January halted the that was triggered by the terror attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
The deal outlined three six-week phases aimed at securing the release of all hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinians held by Israel, returning to a “sustainable calm” and the end of Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip.
The first phase of the deal ended earlier this month without an agreement in place on how to proceed to subsequent phases.
Hamas on Monday accused Israel of reneging on the deal and refusing to begin the ceasefire agreement’s second phase.
Israeli negotiators, reportedly led by a senior official from Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet, prefer an extension of the first stage of the deal.
In the lead-up to the talks in Doha, Israel cut off humanitarian and electricity supplies to the Palestinian enclave.
“We will use all the tools at our disposal to bring back the hostages,” Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Sunday.
Out of the 251 hostages who were kidnapped during the October 7 attack, 58 are still held, including 34 who have died, according to the Israeli military.
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