Israel Sends Delegation to Qatar for Gaza Truce Talks Despite Rejecting Hamas Demands

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Updated Jul 6, 2025, 01:25 AM

Israel said late Saturday it will send a negotiating team to Doha on Sunday to resume indirect talks with Hamas on a ceasefire and hostage-release deal for Gaza, according to an official statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

The statement stressed that amendments Hamas proposed to the Qatari- and U.S.-mediated framework were conveyed only a day earlier and are "unacceptable" to Israel. Nonetheless, Netanyahu instructed the delegation to attend proximity talks in Qatar in an effort to secure the return of hostages and advance the original agreement Israel had already endorsed.

Israeli and international media say the draft plan calls for a 60-day truce under which Hamas would free roughly 10 surviving hostages and hand over 18 bodies in stages, while Israel would release Palestinian prisoners and gradually pull back its forces. Hamas is seeking guarantees that fighting will not resume and wants the United Nations, rather than the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, to oversee aid distribution—issues at the heart of the current impasse.

Hamas signalled on Friday that it is prepared to "immediately" enter negotiations on the package. U.S. President Donald Trump, who will host Netanyahu in Washington on Monday, has said a deal could be reached "next week," although both sides remain far apart on key conditions.

The renewed diplomatic effort unfolds against a backdrop of continuing violence. Gaza’s health ministry puts the Palestinian death toll since October 2023 at more than 57,000, while Israel records about 1,200 fatalities from Hamas’s 7 October attacks and believes 49 hostages are still held in the enclave.

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