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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani

An electronic billboard beams an image of US President-elect Donald Trump and references his threat to unleash hell if hostages held in Gaza are not freed until his inauguration later this month, in Tel Aviv, January 8, 2025. (Oded Balilty/AP)
January 10, 2025, 10:22 pm
CIA chief says hostage talks ‘quite serious’; White House: Deal possible by Jan. 20
Washington optimistic on chances of closing agreement to release Israelis held by Hamas before end of Biden’s term; Netanyahu huddles with security chiefs to discuss negotiations
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and their supporters protest a deal to free the captives and end the war, outside the Likud party's headquarters in Tel Aviv, December 17, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 18, 2024, 2:52 am
CIA head to visit Qatar as Israeli reports downplay claims that hostage deal imminent
Bill Burns to meet with Qatari PM after delegations from Hamas, Israel held talks in Doha the previous two days; Trump envoy also expected there following his trip to Cairo
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani arrives for a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at 10 Downing Street in central London, on December 4, 2024 (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
December 7, 2024, 1:26 pm
Qatar’s PM confirms resumption of Gaza mediation role, cites fresh momentum for deal
Al Thani says there’s been ‘a lot of encouragement from the incoming administration to achieve a deal,’ even before Trump’s term starts
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
December 7, 2024, 1:41 am
Trump aides asked Qatar to recall ousted Hamas chiefs in bid to revive hostage talks
Sources tell ToI that after Biden requested terror leaders’ expulsion, president-elect’s team urged reversal of move, deeming Doha’s mediation critical to get a deal before Jan. 20
By Jacob Magid
Left to right: US President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff at a Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a government meeting in Nahariya on December 3, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO); Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a meeting in Egypt's new administrative capital on November 27, 2024. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
December 5, 2024, 2:10 am
Qatar resumes Gaza mediation role, as Trump envoy pushes for deal by Jan. 20 — source
Mideast point man in-waiting Steve Witkoff held talks with Netanyahu and Qatari PM, who then met Mossad chief, source says; Hamas to return to Doha for fresh round of negotiations
By Reuters, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Mossad chief David Barnea attends a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
October 27, 2024, 8:40 pm
As Mossad head goes to Doha, Egypt proposes 2-day ceasefire for release of 4 hostages
While Hamas wants a comprehensive agreement that ends the war and keeps it in Gaza, Israel looks for initial deal to understand who calls shots after terror chief Sinwar killed
By Lazar Berman
Senior Hamas politburo official Khalil al-Hayya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
September 12, 2024, 6:35 am
Hamas leader meets with Qatari and Egyptian mediators for talks on Gaza deal
Khalil al-Hayya vows terror group won’t accept new conditions for ceasefire-hostage agreement; broadcaster says Egypt thinks PM’s stance on Philadelphi route ‘a political maneuver’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
IDF troops operate along the Philadelphi Corridor at the Gaza-Egypt border in August 2024. (IDF)
September 4, 2024, 12:32 pm
Israel assured Qatar IDF would fully pull out of Philadelphi in ceasefire’s 2nd phase
Pledge came hours before PM vowed military will stay on Gaza-Egypt border indefinitely; Barnea said to have told mediators of willingness to withdraw, subject to parameters set by Israel
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani speaks at a joint press conference with the US secretary of state in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Ibraheem Al Omari/Pool via AP)
August 16, 2024, 1:32 pm
Qatari PM said urging Iran to exercise caution amid ongoing Doha hostage-truce talks
Hezbollah reportedly agrees to hold off on any major attack while negotiations in Qatar continue; mediators say first day of renewed talks included ‘constructive discussions’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
File: Yahya Sinwar, right, the new leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and senior Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza city on March 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
July 31, 2024, 4:56 pm
Egypt, Qatar: Strikes in Beirut and Tehran harm hostage talks; Blinken: Ceasefire vital
Jerusalem doesn’t claim to know how Hamas might respond to the killing of Haniyeh in Iran; US defense secretary pledges to help defend Israel but aims to ‘take the temperature down’
By Lazar Berman
Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
July 6, 2024, 5:22 pm
Hamas says it dropped demand Israel vow upfront to end war, but wants mediators’ guarantees
Terror group seeking commitments that fighting won’t restart, negotiations will continue; Israel reportedly displaying ‘tough stance’; CIA chief said set to join talks in Doha
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mossad chief David Barnea attends a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 5, 2024, 7:59 pm
Optimism in truce-hostage talks: Mossad chief goes to and from Doha, Hamas briefs Hezbollah
Gantz tells Netanyahu his opposition party will back any responsible agreement, as Ben Gvir threatens to bolt government if deal goes ahead
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Jacob Magid
Protesters gather during an anti-government rally calling for early elections and a hostage deal, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 18, 2024 (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
June 21, 2024, 10:22 pm
Qatari prime minister says hostage-truce talks making progress ‘to some extent’
Al-Thani, who also serves as foreign minister, says meetings held with Hamas in attempt to ‘bridge the gap,’ says solution ‘must be based on compromises between the two parties’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's political bureau, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, October 26, 2023. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
June 20, 2024, 10:02 pm
Senior Hamas official: IDF spokesman ‘confessed’ Israel has failed in Gaza war goals
Ghazi Hamad tells Al Jazeera: Hagari’s comment that Hamas ideology can’t be eliminated from ‘the hearts of the people’ constitutes an admission ‘that [Israel] has already failed’
By ToI Staff
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani gives a joint press conference with the visiting US secretary of state in Doha on June 12, 2024. (Ibraheem Al-Omari/Pool/AFP)
June 19, 2024, 4:00 am
Qatari PM meets Haniyeh to push ceasefire as US blames ‘psychopath’ Sinwar for deadlock
Source says main stumbling block remains Hamas’s demand for Gaza war to end in first phase and Israel’s insistence that all hostages are freed before fighting stops
By Jacob Magid
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