Israel delegation leaves Doha with no progress in Gaza ceasefire talks

The Israeli delegation that arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on Wednesday for high-stakes negotiations on the Gaza ceasefire has left without reaching an agreement, Israeli media claimed today.

According to Haaretz, an Israeli negotiating team made up of representatives from the intelligence agency Mossad, the security agency Shin Bet, and the military returned to Israel from Qatar.

The daily added that “there have been no breakthroughs in the talks thus far regarding the red lines set forth by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including the issues of inspections at the Netzarim route,” the presence of the Israeli occupation army on the Philadelphi Corridor, and the manning of the Rafah crossing.

For months, the US, Qatar and Egypt have been trying to reach an agreement between Israel and Hamas to ensure a hostage swap deal and a ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

But mediation efforts have been stalled due to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demands that any deal must allow Tel Aviv to continue to bomb Gaza.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, in which it has killed over 40,600 Palestinian, mostly women and children, and injured over 93,800. It is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and has besieged the enclave limiting the entry of food, clean water and medicine, leading to a “man-made famine”.

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