Qatar hopes US retaliation will not undercut Israel-Hamas hostage talks

Qatar hopes US retaliation will not undercut Israel-Hamas hostage talks
Qatar hopes US retaliation will not undercut Israel-Hamas hostage talks

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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A view shows a military vehicle, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, in a location given as Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, in this still image obtained from a video released January 29, 2024. ― Hamas Military Wing/Handout via Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 ― Qatar's prime minister yesterday said he hoped US retaliation for an drone attack that killed three US troops in Jordan would not undercut progress toward a new Israel-Hamas hostage release deal in weekend talks.

“I hope that nothing would undermine the efforts that we are doing or jeopardise the process,” Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al Thani told a Washington think tank audience when asked if US retaliation for the attack by Iran-backed militants could scuttle an emerging deal.

It was the first deadly strike against US forces since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October, and marked a major escalation in tensions that have engulfed the Middle East.

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CIA Director William Burns met Sheikh Mohammed, as well as the head of Israel's Mossad intelligence service and the head of Egyptian intelligence on Sunday in Paris for talks described as constructive by Israel, Qatar and the US, albeit with significant gaps remaining.

US President Joe Biden has been trying to facilitate the release by Hamas, which rules Gaza, of more than 100 hostages seized by the militants in their deadly October 7 rampage into southern Israel.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Paris talks provided hope for a resumption of a negotiating process mediated by Qatar that collapsed after a first agreement in November saw Hamas free around 100 hostages.

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A framework for a possible second deal developed in Paris “is a strong one and a compelling one that ... offers hope that we can get back into this process,” he said at a news conference with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

“Hamas will have to make its own decisions,” said Blinken, who declined to reveal details of the proposal.

According to Israel, some 1,200 people were killed and 253 abducted in the attack, which sparked Israel's war to eliminate Hamas. Israel has since unleashed a torrent of strikes on Gaza that have flattened most of the Palestinian enclave and killed more than 26,000 people, Palestinian health officials said.

Tensions have surged around the Middle East since Israel began its aerial and ground offensive, with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi forces striking US and other targets in the Red Sea in attacks that have disrupted global shipping.

US officials said on Sunday three US service members were killed and at least 34 wounded in the attack by Iran-backed militants on US troops in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border.

Speaking at Washington's Atlantic Council think tank, the Qatari prime minister said US retaliation “will definitely have an impact ... One way or another it will definitely have an impact on regional security and we hope things get contained.” ― Reuters

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