Gaza ceasefire to begin on Sunday

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced that the joint mediation...

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced that the joint mediation efforts by Qatar, Egypt and the US has reached an agreement for a ceasefire deal between the two parties to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Addressing a press conference in Doha yesterday, the Prime Minister said that agreement is on the exchange of prisoners and hostages and the return to sustainable calm leading to a permanent ceasefire between the two sides.

He said that this is in addition to delivering large quantities of humanitarian and relief aid to our Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip.

He thanked the partners in Egypt and the United States, especially the US President-elect’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkof and Coordinator for Middle East and North Africa Affairs at the US National Security Council, Brett McGurk for their efforts that contributed to moving the negotiations forward and reaching this agreement.

“Many thanks to the brothers and the work team from the Egypt and to Minister Hassan Al Rashad, who contributed and worked hard in partnership with their Qatari brothers to achieve this agreement.”