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Qatar said Tuesday it will host a meeting later in the day with Hamas and Türkiye on a new plan for Gaza, as international mediation efforts continue to seek an end to the war.
A spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Türkiye will take part in the talks, which are aimed at advancing a mediation framework for Gaza.
Ansari confirmed another round of talks would be held on Tuesday with Hamas, joined by Turkish officials. He added that the head of Egyptian intelligence and his Turkish counterpart were in Doha to participate.
"The (Hamas) negotiating delegation promised to study it responsibly," Majed al-Ansari, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman, said during a press conference.
He added: "There will also be another meeting today, also attended by the Turkish side, with the negotiating delegation."
“It is still too early to speak about responses, but we are truly optimistic that this plan, as we said, is a comprehensive one,” Ansari said.
Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) chief Ibrahim Kalin traveled to Qatar on Tuesday for the talks, according to Turkish security sources.
Kalin is expected to meet with relevant parties concerning the ongoing mediation between Hamas and Israel, which involves Qatar, the U.S. and Egypt.
The announcement came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a 20-point plan at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump unveiled the plan in Washington on Monday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The framework calls for a cease-fire, the release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, the group’s disarmament, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and the creation of a post-war transitional authority headed by Trump himself.
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The plan calls for the release of all Israeli captives in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners, the disarmament of Hamas, a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian committee to govern the enclave.
Qatar, along with Türkiye, Egypt and the United States, has led efforts to broker a comprehensive cease-fire between Israel and Hamas since the war began in Gaza.
Since October 2023, the Israeli military campaign has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them women and children, according to local health authorities.
The bombardment has devastated the enclave, leaving it uninhabitable and pushing the population into starvation and disease.
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