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Hamas leaders reportedly leave Qatar for Turkey

The move could have ‘dramatic’ consequences for ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, according to Hebrew media reports

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) meets Hamas leaders Khalid Mashaal (centre) and Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara in 2013 (photo:Getty Images)

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Qatar denies end of mediation role

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During an interview on BBC World News on Tuesday evening, Dr. Andreas Krieg cautioned Israel against responding to Iran’s attack and suggested that the Jewish State was the aggressor in the region (BBC)

Academic suggested on BBC that Israel has been the aggressor – just as Iran’s missiles were launched

By Jane Prinsley

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A protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Aug. 13, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israeli negotiation team expresses ‘cautious optimism’ amid ongoing hostage talks

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Doha, Qatar, one of the prospective locations for ceasefire and hostage released talks scheduled on Thursday

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Hamas rejects US-Egyptian-Qatari invite to ceasefire talks

By Joshua Marks

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Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran on Wednesday

Hostage families fear future of deal after Haniyeh assassination

By Jane Prinsley

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British Defence Secretary John Healey (left), Foreign Secretary David Lammy (centre) with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (right) in Doha. Credit: David Lammy/ Twitter

Lammy visits Qatar as part of Middle East ‘de-escalation’ efforts

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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Anthony Blinken heads back to Israel to push ceasefire deal with Hamas

The Jewish US Secretary of State will also visit Qatar, Egypt and Jordan

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June 10, 2024 10:15

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks Air Force One upon arrival at Orly airport outside Paris, on June 7, 2024, after delivering a speech in "Pointe du Hoc" clifftop in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, on the Normandy coast, northwestern France. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s Cabinet approves immediate closure of Al Jazeera in Israel

The Knesset voted in April to give the prime minister authority to shut down the Qatari broadcaster's local operations.

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May 5, 2024 12:05

2AMMRCC The newsroom of Al Jazeera English TV channel, Doha, Qatar

White House ‘concerned’ as Netanyahu pushes to ban Al Jazeera from Israel

Knesset passes law paving way for government to temporarily shutter foreign media

By Jane Prinsley

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April 2, 2024 16:58

Employees of Qatar based news network and TV channel Al-Jazeera are seen at their Jerusalem office on July 31, 2017, AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

US plan to build Gaza aid pier is ‘dream come true for Hamas’, says Israel

Secretary of State Antony Blinken involved Hamas-funder Qatar in talks about aid corridor – but Israel did not attend

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March 22, 2024 12:20

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the Palestinian authority on November 04, 2023 in Amman, Jordan. (Getty)

Netanyahu urges pressure on Qatar for hostage release

Hamas is dependent on the emirate financially, the prime minister said

By Etgar Lefkovits

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February 19, 2024 11:36

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ועידת הנשיאים נואם מדבר יהודים ועידה ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו

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By Anshel Pfeffer

The pressure for hostage deal as high as the landing strip is narrow

The negotiators who are shuttling draft proposals have set achieving an agreement by Ramadan as their goal

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February 7, 2024 14:53

Protesters hold placards with the picture of 26-year-old Gali and Ziv Berman (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Israel to let more aid into Gaza in exchange for hostages’ medicines

Two Qatari military planes left Doha on Wednesday for Egypt's El Arish airport near the Rafah border crossing with Gaza

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January 17, 2024 09:52

Photographs of civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, posted in Tel Aviv. Dec. 21, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Hamas officials reportedly flee Qatar

The former leader of the terror group, Ismail Haniyeh, is based in the Gulf state

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December 14, 2023 11:43

Hamas' political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh addresses supporters during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinians outside Qatar's Imam Muhammad Abdel-Wahhab Mosque in the capital Doha on May 15, 2021. - Qatar's Foreign Minister hosted the political chief of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and called for an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza, state media said. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Qatar negotiating Israel-Hamas deal to release 50 hostages, report says

If the deal goes through, it would be the largest release of hostages by the terror group

By Eliana Jordan

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November 15, 2023 14:53

TOPSHOT - A woman looks at posters showing the pictures of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militants since the October 7 attack, near Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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