Qatar will not close the political office of Hamas in Doha
On Tuesday, Qatar announced that it has no plans to close the Hamas office in the country
According to the French news agency, Majed Al-Ansari, the spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced this on Tuesday, April 24th, and added that as long as the presence of Hamas’s political leadership is beneficial for mediation efforts to end the war in Gaza, they will remain in Doha
Since 2012, Qatar, with the support of the United States, has hosted the political leadership of Hamas and has been involved in behind-the-scenes negotiations for weeks regarding a possible ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners
However, after mediators, including the United States and Egypt, failed to establish a pause in the conflicts during Ramadan, Qatar’s Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, said last week that his country is reassessing its role