DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A new round of peace talks aimed at ending the Gaza war started Thursday, White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said.
DOHA, Qatar — A new round of peace talks aimed at ending the Gaza war started Thursday, White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said.
The mediators have spent months trying to hammer out a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release scores of hostages captured in the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war in exchange for a lasting cease-fire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the release of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
The most intractable dispute has been over the transition from the first phase of the cease-fire — when women, children and other vulnerable hostages would be released -- and the second, when captive Israeli soldiers would be freed and a permanent cease-fire would take hold. They abducted another 250 people. Over 100 were released during a weeklong cease-fire in November, and around 110 are believed to still be inside Gaza, though Israeli authorities believe around a third of them died on Oct. 7 or in captivity. Seven were rescued in military operations.
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