Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed a negotiating team will be sent to Qatar but has rejected Hamas’ ceasefire changes as “unacceptable.”
The delegations will meet on in Doha in Sunday in an attempt to trash out an agreement overseen by mediators from the US, Qatar and Egypt.
It comes after Hamas said it had “positively responded” to the ceasefire proposal subject to further talks.
However, Mr Netanyahu has dismissed amendments proposed by Hamas to a potential ceasefire agreement, calling them “unacceptable,” though he did not specify which changes were being rejected.
Among the reported demands, Hamas is calling for the removal of the controversial US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
However, there are many reasons Netanyahu might not want a ceasefire, such as potential court dates, and threats from his Ministers to ‘bring down the government’.
As the ceasefire talks themselves loom, The Independent’s World Affairs editor, Sam Kiley joins Vanessa Feltz to discuss.
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