At the request of the United States, Qatari authorities ordered representatives of the Hamas terrorist group to leave the country. As UNN writes, The Times of Israel reported this with reference to sources in the Joe Biden administration.
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Qatar has been hosting Hamas officials in the capital since 2012, when the militants moved their headquarters from Damascus during the war in Syria.
Following a request from the US, Qatar told Hamas representatives a week ago that they must close their diplomatic office.
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After Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, the United States warned Qatar that Doha would not be able to maintain "normal communications" with the terrorist group. However, the administration did not ask the country to close the Hamas office, believing that a channel of communication with Hamas is essential to reaching a ceasefire agreement and releasing hostages.
A U.S. official told the publication that Hamas' execution of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin along with five other prisoners in late August and subsequent rejection of new ceasefire proposals prompted the Biden administration to change its approach to the militant group's continued presence in Doha, considering it "no longer acceptable.
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The leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar initiated urgent talks between Israel and Hamas on August 15. The goal is to conclude a ceasefire and hostage release agreement.
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