Qatar says Israel-Iran ceasefire created ‘momentum’ for Gaza deal talks

Qatar has been in touch with “all sides” involved in Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal talks in an attempt to take advantage of momentum in the wake of the Israel-Iran ceasefire, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari tells CNN.

“This is the time now for President Trump to push for it and we believe he is sincere about it… We are willing to help on that,” says Ansari.

“There was momentum created by the ceasefire in Iran and Israel,” he continues, “but we’re not out of the woods yet. There are a lot of details that I can’t discuss right now about the deal in place but I can tell you it’s the same parameters that keeps going in and out of the talks.”

Ansari also calls the Iranian strikes on a US base inside of Qatar a “scar on the relationship” of his country with Tehran.