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Israel and Hamas Dispatch Delegations to Qatar as Gaza Crisis Deepens

Hamas’s positive reply to a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan has prompted negotiations in Doha despite Gaza’s hospitals operating as trauma wards

Palestinians carry aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
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Smoke from an Israeli bombardment rises over the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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Overview

  • Hamas has signaled readiness to begin immediate talks on a U.S.-backed 60-day truce linking phased hostage releases with increased aid access
  • Israel has sent a negotiating team to Doha to hammer out final ceasefire and hostage-exchange terms ahead of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Washington meetings
  • Gaza’s Nasser Hospital is overwhelmed after hundreds of Palestinians were shot at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites that have recorded over 500 deaths
  • Israeli airstrikes continued over the weekend, killing at least 38 people in Gaza, including civilians queuing for aid and patients at health facilities
  • Aid agencies warn that NGO fuel stocks are nearly exhausted, threatening to halt humanitarian operations, medical services and communications