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Pressure mounts for ceasefire as Doha hosts new round of Gaza talks

Pressure mounts for ceasefire as Doha hosts new round of Gaza talks

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Hamas accuses Israel of adding new demands to a previous proposal, which may hinder the negotiations. Top officials from the US, Israel, Egypt, and Qatar met in Doha, Qatar, to discuss a "bridging proposal" that has been presented to both parties.

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Israel Katz
Israel Foreign Ministry
1. The right way to deter Iran and prevent war is by announcing that if Iran attacks, they will stand with Israel not only in defense but also in striking targets in Iran.
Yoav Galant
Israeli Defense Ministry
1. As things stand, [Hezbollah chief Hassan] Nasrallah may drag Lebanon into paying extremely heavy prices. They can't even imagine what might happen.
Sami Abu Zuhri
Hamas
1. Going to new negotiations allows the occupation to impose new conditions and employ the maze of negotiation to conduct more massacres.
Husam Badran
Hamas
1. The obstacle to reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza is the continuation of Israeli evasion.
Ibrahim Al-Madhoun
Hamas
1. Hamas believes the Israeli occupation is trying to buy time with more negotiations.
Amos Hochstein
White House
1. We continue to believe that a diplomatic resolution is achievable because we continue to believe that no one truly wants a full-scale war between Lebanon and Israel.
John Kirby
White House National Security Council
1. In the past, it has worked very similar to how it's working in Doha today, where mediators will sit and discuss, work things out, and then those mediators will be in touch with Hamas, and then the Hamas leaders in Doha then communicate directly with Mr Sinwar for final answers.
2. This is vital work.The remaining obstacles can be overcome, and we must bring this process to a close.
3. The way negotiations work is that you start with some text on a piece of paper, and both sides work on that text. Usually, both sides make amendments to that text.
Mohamed Jamjoom
1. But even though these are high-stakes talks at a time of low expectations, there seems to be more of a mood of cautious optimism at this hour. More and more people close to the talks [are] suggesting that these talks will last at least into a second day, possibly beyond that.