The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, received a phone call from US President Joe Biden, during which he reviewed the latest developments in the situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories, especially the joint mediation efforts to calm the situation and reach a permanent ceasefire.
The strategic relations between the two countries and ways to support and develop them were also discussed, in addition to the most prominent regional and international issues of common interest.
Doha and Washington, along with Cairo, are sponsoring efforts to reach a second temporary truce in the Gaza Strip, after the first ended at the beginning of this December, and resulted in the release of Palestinian prisoners, in exchange for the release of Israeli and foreign detainees held by the Palestinian resistance, and the entry of limited aid and quantities. Little fuel to the sector.
The ongoing Israeli war against the Gaza Strip since October 7, until Tuesday, left 20,915 martyrs and 54,918 wounded, most of them children and women, massive infrastructure destruction and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to the Strip authorities and the United Nations.