Gaza cease-fire talks: Israel set to attend while Hamas will be absent | DW News

Negotiations over a plan to end the war in Gaza are scheduled to start in Qatar today. The region is on edge as Israel awaits retaliation from Iran, which blames it for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Negotiators want to use a plan put together by the Biden administration at the end of May and endorsed by the UN Security Council. It calls for a six-week cease-fire in Gaza. Hamas would release its remaining Israeli hostages, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Israel would allow in unlimited aid deliveries, and its forces would withdraw from Gaza.

But Hamas says it is losing faith in the US as a mediator and will not attend the talks. A top official in Qatar for the Palestinian militant group said Hamas was still willing to be briefed afterward on the discussed points.

00:00 Shaky Gaza truce talks to begin today in Qatar
00:16 Gaza Peace Plan
00:54 Osama Hamdan, Hamas Political Official
01:13 DW Correspondent Felix Tamsut in Jerusalem
05:18 Yossi Mekelberg, Chatham House Middle East program

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[mkultra]

It’s almost like you can’t negotiate with terrorists..

[samtheresearcher]

These talks were not necessary on October 6, 2023.

[Skyrose-vhxw]

sinwar is scared to comeout from his hwole😂

[samtheresearcher]

Hamas refuses to attend... Don't overlook that!

[drink_your_milk]

DW choice of cover pictures in every report reveals how they have already picked sides 🤦‍♂️

[infiniti]

Same as Ukraine holding talks without Russias presence. Its laughable.

[nauxsi]

Iran: you have until Friday to sign a ceasefire or WATCH.
Western diplomats frantically calling back and forth: Sign the deal now.

Let's see...

[Doe]

Hamas can't come to the phone right now🤣🤣🤣

[jhonditch]

Hamas does not have peace in their language.

[zindiguimarouane]

Cease fire talks after killing the chief négociâtor and president of Hamas 😂😂 you kidding

[ahmadlawal]

Why six weeks cease fire? Why not permanent cease fire?

[dawnmoulton]

I feel sorry for boths sides. But Hamas started the war on Oct 7th and the world knows it.

[Zatvornik]

These peace talks are as useful as this video!

[leavesinautumn]

It's not been a month since they assassinated the fellow who was in overall command of negotiations. Not something one does when one seeks a peaceful resolution. That they (Tel Aviv) are present in Qatar is utterly shameless.

[jibril]

Isreal should agree but go after the hamas leaders the mossad way

[Everyonehasanopinion]

The talks are a waste of time as long as Netanyahu keeps playing with the conditions. Israel is deliberately making the negotiations pointless, and the world knows it.

[onthejob]

How they going to negotiate if they killed the lead negotiator

[tahaddi]

Its pathetic to ask for negotiation while Israel has k1led the main negotiator

[mdnaquiimam]

More than 16k children killed by IDF 😡💔

[robertmusil]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, October 2023: “Israel is a democratic state guided by very humanitarian principles, so we can be certain that the Israeli army will respect the rules that arise from international law in everything it does.”

And they say Germans don't have a sense of humour...