Qatar re-evaluating role as mediator in Israel-Gaza truce talks | Israel War on Gaza News [Video]

Qatar’s prime minister has said Doha is re-evaluating its role as a mediator in negotiations aimed at bringing about a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli captives, adding that some parties have used the mediation for “narrow political interest”.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Turkey’s foreign minister Qatar’s capital on Wednesday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani said that while his government remains committed to mediation on a “humanitarian basis”, there has been “abuse and harm” done related to Doha’s role.

Some parties have made “destructive” statements against Qatar, he said, without specifying to whom he was referring.

The comments come a day after US lawmaker Steny Hoyer accused Qatar of siding with Hamas and said Washington would re-evaluate its ties with Doha if it does not pressure Hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal advanced by Israel.

Qatari mediators earlier warned that talks on a truce in …