Meeting comes as Qatari-brokered ceasefire with Hamas collapses; President meets King Charles, other world leaders, on sidelines of UN environment summit in UAE
President Isaac Herzog on Friday met Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the United Nations climate summit COP28, hosted in the United Arab Emirates, as a ceasefire brokered by Doha lapsed after seven days and fighting between Israel and Hamas resumed in the Gaza Strip.A photo, the first ever to show Qatar’s emir with any Israeli official, showed the two leaders shaking hands, while they held a long conversation. A statement on the meeting by the president’s office did not offer details on the interaction.
Israel and Qatar do not have diplomatic relations but have maintained strong back channels with the Gulf nation, the key mediator with the Hamas terror group — particularly regarding the week-long truce that saw Hamas release 105 civilian hostages, including 81 Israelis, 23 Thai nationals and one Filipino. It is believed that 137 hostages remain in Gaza.
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As truce ends, Herzog, Qatari Emir seen in first public meeting of countries’ leaders
Meeting comes as Qatari-brokered ceasefire with Hamas collapses; President meets King Charles, other world leaders, on sidelines of UN environment summit in UAE
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