DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar is engaging with the new Trump administration on Gaza after sensing new momentum for ceasefire talks following the U.S. election, the prime minister and business minister said on Saturday Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
The war in Gaza has raged for more than 14 months, with much of the small enclave devastated and more than 44,000 Palestinians killed, according to Gaza health authorities, as Israeli forces continue their efforts to eliminate Hamas and retake hostages taken by the army. activist group.
Donald Trump's Middle East envoy traveled to Qatar and Israel to launch the US president-elect's diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire and hostage release deal before his inauguration on January 20, a source briefed on the discussions told Reuters on Thursday.
“We saw a lot of encouragement from the new administration to come to an agreement before the president even took office and that actually made us (try) to push things back and (try to ) to get them back on track, and we “I have been committed in recent weeks,” Al Thani told a conference in Doha.
Steve Witkoff, who will officially assume the post of envoy in the Trump administration, met separately in late November with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Al Thani, the source said.
Trump returned to the world stage Saturday to join leaders at the reopening of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral, although it was unclear whether he would meet with any leaders other than French President Emmanuel Macron.
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