Qatar PM says Rafah operation sending ceasefire talks ‘backwards’Here are the quotes from Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, about Israel’s offensive in Rafah reversing the progress in ceasefire talks.
He told the Qatar Economic Forum:
Especially in the past few weeks, we have seen some momentum building but unfortunately things didn’t move in the right direction and right now we are on a status of almost a stalemate.
Of course, what happened with Rafah has set us backward.
“There is no clarity how to stop the war from the Israeli side. I don’t think that they are considering this as an option … even when we are talking about the deal and leading to a potential ceasefire,” sheikh Mohammed added.
Israeli politicians were indicating “by their statements that they will remain there, they will continue the war. And there is no clarity on what Gaza will look like after this”, he said.