Hamas, Qatar and Turkey
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Sources told the Post that Qatar was "capable of persuading Hamas to agree to a deal that includes demilitarization. " Qatar informed the US President Donald Trump's administration that it would be able to persuade Hamas to disarm and accept Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza,
Donald Trump hosted a phone call between the Israeli and Qatari PMs to ease tensions after Israel's air strike on Hamas chiefs in Doha three weeks ago.
Qatar said Tuesday that further talks were needed over details of U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, as Hamas weighed its reply. In Gaza, Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians,
An Israeli strike targeting Hamas’ top leaders as they gathered in the Gulf nation of Qatar marked a major escalation against the militant group and could upend negotiations aimed at ending the war in the Gaza Strip and returning Israeli hostages.
It is too early to know if there will be an agreement to end the war in Gaza, and if so whether it will be implemented. But there is reason for President Trump’s optimism that Hamas might release hostages,