Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considered that Qatar’s mediation role in the exchange deal with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) was problematic.
Channel 12 reported – based on a leaked recording of Netanyahu meeting with the families of prisoners detained in Gaza – that Qatar is more problematic than the United Nations and the Red Cross.
He added that he was disappointed that Washington was not putting more pressure on Doha, and that it had extended its presence at the military base in Qatar.
Netanyahu indicated that he did not thank Qatar publicly because it did not exert more pressure on the Hamas movement, which Doha is believed to be financing.
Haaretz newspaper reported from informed sources that Netanyahu informed the families of the prisoners that Israel is ready to make concessions for the sake of a new deal, and an Israeli channel published general principles for the deal that do not include an end to the war, which is one of Hamas’ conditions.
Israeli media confirmed that the negotiations are continuing and that Israel has not received any response from Hamas through mediators, at a time when US envoy Brett McGurk is touring the region, including Egypt and Qatar, to hold “serious” talks regarding reaching an agreement to release the prisoners held by Hamas in Gaza and a humanitarian truce. , according to White House spokesman John Kirby.
Qatar – along with Egypt and the United States – played a role in reaching a truce between Hamas and Israel last November, and the two sides exchanged the release of numbers of prisoners.
