Israel's spy chief David Barnea would travel to Qatar on March 22 to meet mediators.
CAIRO/WASHINGTON - Israel's spy chief was due to travel to Qatar on March 22 for ceasefire negotiations while the United States planned to put a resolution calling for an immediate truce in Gaza to a vote of the United Nations Security Council, intensifying pressure on its ally.
A Palestinian official with knowledge of the mediation efforts, who declined to be identified, told Reuters that Hamas had demonstrated flexibility. Israel “continues to stall because it doesn’t want to commit to ending the war on Gaza,” the official said. The shift has coincided with rising global condemnation of the five-month-old war, Palestinian civilian deaths, domestic political opposition to US President Joe Biden's stance and the prospect of a man-made famine in Gaza.
The new resolution expresses support for the talks in Qatar, freeing of Israeli hostages and release of Palestinians detained in Israeli jails. The Israeli embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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