DOHA: Talks aimed at cementing a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas are ongoing, with “technical meetings” taking place between the parties, mediator Qatar’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.
“The technical meetings are still happening between both sides,” ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said, referring to meetings with lower-level officials on the details of an agreement. “There are no principal meetings taking place at the moment.”
Mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been engaged in months of talks between Israel and Hamas that have failed to end the devastating conflict in Gaza.
Ansari said there were “a lot of issues that are being discussed” in the ongoing meetings, but declined to go into details “to protect the integrity of the negotiations”.
Palestinian health ministry says 2 killed in Israeli West Bank raids
The Palestinian ministry of health said Israeli forces killed two people on Tuesday in separate raids in the northern West Bank.
One Palestinian was killed in the town of Tammun, and another in the village of Talouza, the Ramallah-based ministry said.
Gaza mothers watching their children die from cold, says UNRWA official
Israel’s army again targets Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza
A series of Israeli air strikes targeted the vicinity of the destroyed Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, reported Al Jazeera.
Two more public hospitals in the northern Gaza governorate were taken out of service from Israeli attacks, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Israel’s army reiterates evacuation orders for southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has told residents in more than 60 villages in southern Lebanon they’re still prohibited from returning to their homes, reported Al Jazeera.
