Palestinian Islamic Jihad official says terror group joined Gaza hostage-ceasefire talks in Qatar

Senior Hamas official Khaled Meshaal (L) and Ziyad al-Nakhalah, (C) Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, during the funeral of the slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in the Qatari capital Doha on August 2, 2024.  (Mahmud Hams / AFP)
Senior Hamas official Khaled Meshaal (L) and Ziyad al-Nakhalah, (C) Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, during the funeral of the slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in the Qatari capital Doha on August 2, 2024. (Mahmud Hams / AFP)

An Islamic Jihad official tells AFP that a delegation from the Palestinian terror group had arrived in Qatar to participate in talks on a Gaza truce and prisoner exchange with Israel.

“A high-ranking delegation from Islamic Jihad arrived in Doha on Tuesday evening,” says the official, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to publicly discuss the talks, adding that “discussions are ongoing, focusing on the mechanism for implementing the ceasefire agreement and the names of Palestinian prisoners included in the exchange deal.”

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