Qatar: Continued strikes in Gaza ‘complicate’ efforts to secure release of hostages

4 November 2023, 4:57 pm

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at a hotel during a day of meetings, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, November 4, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called for an immediate ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza during his meeting today with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to the Gulf emirate.

A statement from the Qatari foreign ministry says Al-Thani “also affirmed the continued efforts of the State of Qatar to mediate the release of the prisoners, pointing that the continued bombing doubles the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip and complicates securing their release.”