‘No engagement at all’ on Gaza cease-fire talks for weeks, Qatar’s PM says
Qatar has long held a close relationship with Hamas and is widely seen as central in the mediations, which have taken place in fits and starts.
“It always takes the two sides to reach an agreement. If you have one of them [who] is not willing or not interested in an agreement … you can never enforce it,” Al Thani said Wednesday.
Al Thani has been working to keep the talks moving since the beginning of the war, sometimes meeting with Hamas representatives multiple times a day, according to the New York Times.
Al Thani’s comments come as Israel continues its assault on Lebanon, where the Israel Defense Forces began a “new phase” of the war in the region in September, in response to cross-border attacks from Iran-backed militants Hezbollah.
“What’s happened with Lebanon has added to that complication and we have seen that this war is just making the situation for the entire region worse and making it more complicated for us as a mediator,” Al Thani said Wednesday.
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