Qatar: Efforts to Renew Israel-Hamas Truce ‘Continuing’
Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed
Mediation efforts to secure a new Gaza ceasefire and release more hostages held by Hamas are continuing despite continued Israeli bombardment which is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said.
“Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to give up,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told the Doha Forum.
He added: “the continuation of the bombardment is just narrowing this window for us.”
Addressing Qatar’s Doha Forum, Guterres said the council was “paralysed by geostrategic divisions” that were undermining solutions to Israel’s war on Gaza which started on October 7. The body’s “authority and credibility were severely undermined” by its delayed response to the conflict, he said two days after a US veto prevented a resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire.
“I reiterated my appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared,” he told the forum. “Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it. I can promise, I will not give up.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he regrets the Security Council’s failure to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, condemning the divisions that have “paralysed” the world body.
