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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Iran conflict crimping Gaza hostage-ceasefire talks, Qatar says
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari says the war between Iran and Israel is delaying efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Prior to the attack on Iran, there had been positive talks between Israel and Hamas about an agreement in Gaza, he says.
Ansari adds that Qatar is still working toward securing such an agreement. Qatar sees a diplomatic solution as the only viable resolution to the situation in Gaza, he says.
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