Israeli negotiators are heading to Qatar after the group dropped calls for a permanent end to hostilities and agreed a 40-day pause
Israeli negotiators are expected to arrive in Qatar on Sunday amid intense new efforts to bring the war in Gaza to at least a temporary halt, after Hamas abandoned key ceasefire demands last week following a series of setbacks.
“They know now that they need to demonstrate that they are really on the side of the people,” said one source. The strike against Issa, one of the key organisers of the 7 October attack launched by Hamas on Israel, suggests Israel is getting information from a source high in the organisation, experts said.
“It seems apparent that there are tensions within the movement. There have always been different factions … but this has clearly been exacerbated since October,” said Hugh Lovatt, of the European Council on Foreign Relations. On Friday, Hamas issued a statement that was fiercely critical of the PA, after its president, Mahmoud Abbas, appointed a new prime minister without consulting the group.
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