Qatar says ‘we will need time’ for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal

By AFP 8 July 2025, 2:21 pm

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Two women react after an Israeli strike in Gaza City, on July 8, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will “need time,” Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman says.

“I don’t think that I can give any timeline at the moment, but I can say right now that we will need time for this,” Majed Al-Ansari says as discussions continued into a third day in Doha.

“What is happening right now is that both delegations are in Doha. We are speaking with them separately on a framework for the talks. So talks have not begun, as of yet, but we are talking to both sides over that framework,” he tells a Doha news conference.