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Doha Ceasefire Talks Stall Over Israeli Troop Plans and Rafah Camp

Israel’s plan to maintain forces across 40% of Gaza in a controlled Rafah camp clashes with Hamas’s demand for a complete withdrawal.

Palestinians inspect the wreckage of a gas station destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mourners attend the funeral of their relatives who were killed in an Israeli bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Smoke and debris rises following an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza near Beit Hanoun on Thursday.
A Palestinian child stands at the site of an overnight Israeli air strike on a house, in Gaza City, July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo

Overview

  • Negotiations in Doha seek a US-backed 60-day truce and the release of ten hostages but have made no progress since Israel presented redeployment maps that leave its troops in 40% of Gaza.
  • Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered military plans for a tented ‘humanitarian city’ in Rafah to house up to Gaza’s 2.1 million Palestinians under Israeli security screening.
  • Hamas insists on full Israeli withdrawal before freeing any remaining hostages and rejects proposals that would partition Gaza into isolated zones.
  • Civilians face catastrophic shortages and violence at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid sites, with dozens killed by Israeli fire and hundreds of thousands of children at risk of acute malnutrition.
  • US special envoy Steve Witkoff is en route to Doha to revive the stalled talks but key disagreements over territory and security make a breakthrough unlikely.