Officials Say Qatar Is Suspending Mediation Efforts on Gaza
Palestinians queue to receive bread outside a bakery in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 29.
Photographer: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar has suspended its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, it said Saturday, after growing frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire deal for Gaza.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the remaining Hamas leadership hosted by Qatar must leave, or where it would go. Hamas has good relations with Iran and Turkey, and some of its leaders are now in Lebanon.