Mediation efforts on ending the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip are ongoing, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman says in a press briefing.
No further details are given.
Israel has reportedly submitted a proposal through Qatari and Egyptian mediators that would see it agree to pause its military offensive against the Hamas terror group for as long as two months, in exchange for a phased release of the remaining 136 hostages in Gaza.
The proposal does not heed the Hamas demand for Israel to end the war completely, but does appear to go further than Israel has gone in previous offers, according to the Axios news site, which cited two Israeli officials.
Separately, the Qatari spokesman adds that escalation in the Red Sea represented a “big danger,” speaking a day after US and British forces carried out fresh strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi fighters who have disrupted global shipping in what they say is a show of support for Palestinians in Gaza.
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