Qatar’s emir condemns Israel’s ‘continued violation’ of Gaza ceasefire
Talking on the opening session of Shura council, Qatar’s legislative council, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani accused Israel of violating the 11-day-old ceasefire.
“We reiterate our condemnation of all Israeli violations and practices in Palestine, significantly the transformation of the Gaza Strip an space unfit for human life (and) the continued violation of the ceasefire,” he mentioned.
“It’s unlucky that the worldwide neighborhood stays incapable of imposing respect in the case of the tragedy of the Palestinian folks.”
The Palestinian information company mentioned that Israel has violated the ceasefire 80 instances and killed not less than 80 Palestinian folks because the deal went into impact.
Individually, Israel carried out an airstrike on a Hamas negotiating team in Qatar in September, which brought about an enormous diplomatic fallout. Qatar mentioned on the time that it constituted a “blatant violation of all worldwide legal guidelines and norms”.
Qatar, an in depth US ally, had been internet hosting negotiations aimed toward securing a ceasefire in Israel’s battle in Gaza. Regardless of the lethal strike on its capital, it continues to play a key function as an middleman, though relations with Israel are extraordinarily fraught.
If the US-brokered ceasefire isn’t utterly derailed, Qatar, which has hosted the Hamas political bureau since 2012, will doubtless be important in making an attempt to influence the militant group to disarm, given its mediation expertise.
Key occasions
The Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, has explored the instant challenges Qatar faces in this piece detailing the Gulf state’s centrality to ceasefire negotiations. Right here is an extract:
It will likely be anticipated to make use of its expertise mediating with Hamas going again so far as the George W Bush administration to influence the Islamist militant group to disarm. That may require detailed and laborious work, together with over the character of the weapons, the way forward for the huge tunnel community beneath Gaza and the physique to which Hamas fighters might decommission its weapons. Qatari cash could also be wanted, and senior Hamas figures could also be provided exile.
Second, Qatar could swap its consideration to the PA, the Fatah-controlled authorities physique’s guarantees of reforms and the elections for a brand new management in a 12 months. Qatar may additionally not need to be drawn once more into the advert hoc association, inspired beforehand by Netanyahu, that resulted within the Gulf state funnelling $4bn (£3bn) of support into Gaza’s infrastructure and the territory’s poorest households from 2012.
Qatar’s emir condemns Israel’s ‘continued violation’ of Gaza ceasefire
Talking on the opening session of Shura council, Qatar’s legislative council, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani accused Israel of violating the 11-day-old ceasefire.
“We reiterate our condemnation of all Israeli violations and practices in Palestine, significantly the transformation of the Gaza Strip an space unfit for human life (and) the continued violation of the ceasefire,” he mentioned.
“It’s unlucky that the worldwide neighborhood stays incapable of imposing respect in the case of the tragedy of the Palestinian folks.”
The Palestinian information company mentioned that Israel has violated the ceasefire 80 instances and killed not less than 80 Palestinian folks because the deal went into impact.
Individually, Israel carried out an airstrike on a Hamas negotiating team in Qatar in September, which brought about an enormous diplomatic fallout. Qatar mentioned on the time that it constituted a “blatant violation of all worldwide legal guidelines and norms”.
Qatar, an in depth US ally, had been internet hosting negotiations aimed toward securing a ceasefire in Israel’s battle in Gaza. Regardless of the lethal strike on its capital, it continues to play a key function as an middleman, though relations with Israel are extraordinarily fraught.
If the US-brokered ceasefire isn’t utterly derailed, Qatar, which has hosted the Hamas political bureau since 2012, will doubtless be important in making an attempt to influence the militant group to disarm, given its mediation expertise.
Israel says stays of one other hostage returned from Gaza recognized
Israel has confirmed that the stays of a hostage held in Gaza, returned by Hamas a day earlier, had been recognized as these of Tal Haimi, who was killed on 7 October 2023.
The Israeli prime minister’s workplace mentioned:
Following the completion of the identification course of … representatives of (the military) knowledgeable the household of the hostage, Sergeant Main Tal Chaimi, of blessed reminiscence, that their cherished one had been returned to Israel and his identification had been accomplished.
Haimi, 41, commander of the Nir Yitzhak kibbutz defence militia, was killed within the Hamas-led 7 October assaults on southern Israel in 2023, by which about 1,200 folks had been killed and 251 taken hostage. His physique was taken to Gaza. He had 4 youngsters, together with one born after the assault.
Underneath the phrases of the ceasefire settlement, Israel remains to be ready for Hamas to show over the stays of 15 deceased hostages. 13 our bodies have been launched because the ceasefire started.
Mediators perceive that Hamas is having hassle finding all the lifeless however the Israeli authorities believes the Palestinian militant group is making inadequate effort.
Hamas says the battle’s devastation and Israeli army management of sure areas of Gaza have slowed the handover.
Vance due in Israel as one other hostage’s physique is returned
We’re restarting our reside protection of the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the diplomatic efforts to attempt to preserve it.
The 11-day ceasefire in Gaza was severely undermined on Sunday after Israel launched waves of lethal airstrikes and mentioned it will lower off support into the territory “till additional discover” after a reported assault by Hamas, which the militant group denied being concerned in.
In an try to make sure the ceasefire holds and to debate the additional implementation of the US brokered plan, US vice-president JD Vance is because of go to Israel later right this moment.
In a speech on Monday to the Knesset, Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was imprecise about what he would discuss with Vance, whose diplomatic journey to Israel is about to final till Thursday.
“We’ll discuss two issues, primarily the safety challenges and the diplomatic alternatives we face,” Netanyahu mentioned. “We’ll overcome the challenges and seize the alternatives.”
The delicate ceasefire settlement appeared again on observe as Israel obtained the stays of one other hostage in Gaza and Israel allowed humanitarian support deliveries to renew to the territory devasted by relentless Israeli bombardments. A UN spokesperson didn’t say how a lot support was getting in.
Israel had threatened on Sunday to halt support shipments and its forces killed dozens of Palestinian folks in airstrikes across Gaza after accusing Hamas militants of killing two troopers. Israel later mentioned it resumed imposing the ceasefire that started on 10 October.
Donald Trump mentioned on Monday that he would give Hamas an opportunity to “behave” or else be “eradicated”.
The US president’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who helped dealer the ceasefire settlement alongside Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators, met with Netanyahu yesterday.
It got here as Hamas negotiators reportedly met with Egyptian mediators and Palestinian factions in Cairo. Negotiations concerning the second part of the Trump plan will embrace discussions concerning the eventual withdrawal of the IDF and the disarmament of Hamas, one thing the militant group has expressed critical reservations about.
