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Al-Ansari: Netanyahu’s demand to pressure Hamas aims at prolonging the war

Monday 19-February-2024

DOHA, (PIC)

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid Al-Ansari said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements in which he calls on the State of Qatar to pressure Hamas Movement to release the Israeli captives are nothing but a new attempt by him to procrastinate and prolong the war.

Al-Ansari confirmed on Monday in a statement posted on X that Qatar has been committed from day one to mediation efforts, ending the crisis and liberating detainees, saying that Netanyahu knows this.

The Qatari spokesman added that the humanitarian truce that involved the release of 109 detainees proved that negotiation is the only solution to return the captives and end the aggression.

Al-Ansari rejected Netanyahu’s accusations regarding Qatari efforts for Gaza reconstruction and the entry of humanitarian aid to the trapped Palestinians in Gaza.

Al-Ansari criticized Netanyahu’s allegation that Qatari efforts are aimed at financing Hamas, despite his knowledge that they have been carried out in coordination with Israel and other concerned parties.

He also stressed that Qatar proceeded with its mediation efforts without paying attention to Netanyahu’s statements aimed at escaping his personal political crises, calling on him to focus on negotiations in a way that serves security in the region and ends the ongoing tragedy of war.

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