Discussions are currently stumbling over the “duration” of the truce and its inclusion in the northern part of the Strip, where the Israeli offensive is focused, this source said.
The Israeli army has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip since October 7, when militants from the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas launched an attack on its territory that left more than 1,400 dead, most of them civilians.
In that assault, Islamist commandos took at least 240 people hostage, according to Israeli authorities.
On the Palestinian side, at least 10,569 people, mostly civilians and including more than 4,000 children, were killed in Israeli bombings, according to the health ministry of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Qatar, where Hamas has its political bureau, provided millions of dollars in financial aid to Gaza. The Gulf country already participated in the mediation that led, in October, to the release of four hostages: an American and her daughter and two Israeli women.
On Sunday, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohamed bin Abdelrahman al Thani stated that his country is determined to continue mediation efforts, despite the difficulties “caused by the actions of the Israeli occupation” on the ground. .
In recent weeks, that emirate played a key role in negotiations to free the hostages and got the Islamist group to release four of them, two Israelis and two Americans.