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. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on March 21 in Cairo that...
A Palestinian woman fleeing Al Shifa hospital following an Israeli raid, carries her triplet children as she moves southward, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip March 21, 2024.
"Negotiators continue to work. The gaps are narrowing, and we're continuing to push for an agreement in Doha. There's still difficult work to get there. But I continue to believe it's possible," Blinken said. A statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Israel's spy chief David Barnea would travel to Qatar on March 22 to meet mediators.
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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