Zionists massacre 105 in Gaza amid talks with Hamas
Salman Qudum, who told AFP he had survived the attack on the clinic in Gaza City, said: 'We don't know where to go or what to do.' Qudum said the negotiators and mediators in Doha must 'apply pressure' to secure a ceasefire 'because the people can't take this anymore'. The war has created dire humanitarian conditions for the more than two million people in the Gaza Strip. The Zionist offensive has killed at least 57,523 people in Gaza, mostly civilians.
The latest round of negotiations on the war in Gaza began on Sunday in Doha, aiming to broker a ceasefire and reach an agreement on the release of captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. A Palestinian official told AFP a second session was held on Monday and ended with 'no breakthrough'. The Hamas and Zionist delegations were due to resume talks later, the official said. The official said the delegations had exchanged views on Sunday via mediators, with representatives of the two sides seated in different rooms in the same building.
Ahead of Netanyahu's third visit since Trump's return to office this year, the US president said there was a 'good chance we have a deal with Hamas... during the coming week'. 'We've gotten a lot of the hostages out, but pertaining to the remaining hostages, quite a few of them will be coming out,' he told journalists.
Netanyahu, speaking before heading to Washington, said his meeting with Trump could 'definitely help advance this' deal after 21 months of war. Netanyahu said he had dispatched the team to the Qatari capital with 'clear instructions' to reach an agreement 'under the conditions that we have agreed to'.
He previously said Hamas' response to a draft US-backed ceasefire proposal, conveyed through Qatari and Egyptian mediators, contained 'unacceptable' demands.
Two Palestinian sources close to the discussions had earlier told AFP the proposal included a 60-day truce, during which Hamas would release 10 living hostages and several bodies in exchange for Palestinians detained by the Zionist entity. However, they said, the group was also demanding certain conditions for the Zionist entity's withdrawal, guarantees against a resumption of fighting during negotiations, and the return of the UN-led aid distribution system.
In the Zionist entity's coastal hub of Tel Aviv, hours before the meeting, an AFP photographer said dozens of people including relatives of captives demonstrated to demand the release of the remaining captives. 'President Trump — make history. Bring them all home. End the war,' read a sign held by protesters outside the US diplomatic mission in the city. – Agencies
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