ISRAEL'S military operation in Rafah has set truce negotiations with Hamas "backward", mediator Qatar said on Tuesday, adding that talks have reached "almost a stalemate".
"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," Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told the Qatar Economic Forum.
"Of course, what happened with Rafah has set us backward." Qatar, which has hosted Hamas's political office in Doha since 2012, has been engaged along with Egypt and the United States - in months of behind-the-scenes mediation between Israel and the Palestinian militant group.
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