Gaza hostage talks ‘closest’ to deal since start of war, Qatar says

Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari. (video screenshot)
Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari. (video screenshot)

Negotiations to free hostages seized in Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel are at their “closest point” to a deal and have reached the “final stage,” mediator Qatar says.

“We are at the closest point we ever had been in reaching an agreement,” foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari says, adding negotiations have reached a “critical and final stage.”

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