New round of Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha: Where do Hamas, Israel stand?
Al Jazeera
Amid risks of a wider regional conflict, Israel and Hamas face major sticking points ahead of truce talks in Qatar.
After more than 10 months of relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, leaders from Israel and Palestinian group Hamas have been invited by mediators for a fresh round of talks on Thursday.
The talks have been put together partly in an effort to avoid an escalation in hostilities between Iran and Israel following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31. Here is all we know about the negotiations:
The talks are scheduled to be held on Thursday in Doha, Qatar.
On August 9, the United States embassy in Israel published a joint statement by US President Joe Biden, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. This statement set out the date for the talks and said they would either be held in Cairo or Doha.
Mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the US are expected to attend. The three countries have been mediating at ceasefire talks for months since November, a month after the beginning of the war.
