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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani

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
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) gives a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani (R) in Doha on June 12, 2024. (Ibraheem AL-OMARI / POOL / AFP)
June 12, 2024, 6:47 pm
Blinken pans Hamas response to Israeli offer, says some of its changes ‘not workable’
Secretary says if Hamas ‘continues to say no, it will be clear to everyone around the world that it’s on them’; but stresses mediators still committed to bridging gaps
By Jacob Magid
This combination of pictures created on February 13, 2024 shows (L to R) CIA Director William Burns, Mossad Director David Barnea, and Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani. (AFP)
May 24, 2024, 3:32 am
CIA head to meet Mossad chief and Qatari PM in Paris, aiming to revive hostage talks
High-level meeting will be first since negotiations fell apart two weeks ago; unclear if Egyptian intel chief will also attend, though Cairo will remain involved in mediation
By Jacob Magid
Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), ruler of Qatar since 2013, in a meeting with Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh (R) and Khaled Mashal in Doha, October 17, 2016 (Qatar government handout)
May 17, 2024, 8:02 pm
Qatar briefly kicked out Hamas leaders as hostage talks stalled in April — officials
Terror group’s reps moved to Turkey but were allowed back weeks later as talks gathered steam, though they again collapsed after Egypt gave sides different offers, officials say
By Jacob Magid
Troops of the Givati Brigade operate in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo published May 13, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 14, 2024, 5:40 pm
Qatari PM claims Gaza truce talks at stalemate because of IDF incursion into Rafah
Sheikh Mohammed says images of war in Gaza will lead to further radicalization in region, but Israel says Rafah operation necessary to eliminate Hamas
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L), ruler of Qatar since 2013, in a meeting with Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh (R) and Khaled Mashal in Doha, October 17, 2016 (Qatar government handout)
May 4, 2024, 9:03 am
Qatar anticipating US request to expel Hamas leaders, is open to doing so — source
US official says Blinken told Al-Thani last month that Doha should kick out terror officials if they continue to reject hostage deal proposals
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani speaks to the press at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2024. (Drew ANGERER / AFP)
April 17, 2024, 4:29 pm
Qatari PM says Israel-Hamas talks on Gaza truce, hostage deal are ‘stalling’
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani says Cairo-based negotiations are at ‘sensitive stage,’ urges international community to work toward ending war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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