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A girl stands in the doorway of a house hit by Israeli bombardment at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on March 25, 2025.

A girl stands in the doorway of a house hit by Israeli bombardment at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on March 25, 2025. Israel, vowing to destroy Palestinian militant group Hamas, on March 18 resumed intense bombardment of Gaza and redeployed ground troops, shattering a truce that had largely held since January 19. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

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Agence France-Presse

DOHA, Qatar -- Gaza mediator Qatar said Sunday there was some progress in talks in Doha this week aimed at securing a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war.Speaking at a news conference, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani reported &quot;a bit of progress&quot;, in response to questions about reports of a Thursday meeting in Doha between Israel&#x27;s Mossad spy agency chief David Barnea and the Qatari prime minister.&quot;We need to find an answer for the ultimate question: how to end this war. That&#x27;s, that&#x27;s basically, I think, the key point of the entire negotiations,&quot; Sheikh Mohammed added.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/26/hamas-says-open-to-5-year-truce-one-time-hostages-release-2101">READ: Hamas says open to 5-year truce, one-time hostages release</a></div>Qatar, alongside Egypt and the United States, brokered a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza which came into effect on January 19 but which did not bring a complete end to the war.The initial phase of the truce ended in early March, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps. Israel resumed air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on March 18 after earlier halting the entry of aid.Sheikh Mohammed met with Barnea in the Qatari capital to discuss a potential hostage deal on Thursday, according to Israeli media.&quot;The meeting that took place on Thursday is part of these efforts where we&#x27;re trying to find a breakthrough,&quot; the Qatari prime minister said without further elaborating on the details of the meeting.Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official told AFP on Saturday as the group&#x27;s negotiators met in Cairo.The Qatari PM said efforts were focused on the &quot;best comprehensive deal possible that ends the war, brings the hostages out and not dividing (a deal) into other phases.&quot;Hamas has insisted that the negotiations should lead to a permanent end to the war.According to the Palestinian group, it rejected an earlier Israeli offer that included a 45-day ceasefire in exchange for the return of 10 living hostages.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Gaza mediator Qatar said Sunday there was some progress in talks in Doha this week aimed at securing a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war.

Gaza mediator Qatar said Sunday there was some progress in talks in Doha this week aimed at securing a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war.

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Qatar PM sees some progress on Gaza truce

Agence France-Presse

Published April 27, 2025 11:59 PM PHT

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