The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to send a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli forces continued to bombard the Palestinian enclave, killing at least 78 people in the past 24 hours.
Netanyahu’s office said the team would travel to the Qatar's capital, Doha, on Sunday after the Israeli leader instructed negotiators “to accept the invitation for close talks”.
The announcement came after Hamas said on Friday that it had provided a “positive” response to a United States-brokered proposal that would involve a 60-day truce in Gaza, renewing hopes of a possible end to Israel’s deadly assault on the Palestinian enclave.
Over 57 thousand Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza, which began in October 2023, while more than 1 lac 35 thousand others have been wounded.
Israeli attacks have laid waste to Gaza, spurring a dire humanitarian crisis and left the territory on the brink of famine.