Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye discuss Gaza ceasefire implementation

Senior officials from Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye met on Tuesday to discuss ways to consolidate the Gaza ceasefire and resolve obstacles to its implementation, Egypt's Al Qahera News Channel reported.

The meeting, attended by Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, and Turkish National Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalin, focused on ensuring the success of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.

The officials agreed to enhance coordination with Israel's Civil-Military Coordination Center, which oversees the ceasefire, and talked about ways to prevent violations and make the ceasefire hold, according to Egypt's Al Qahera News Channel.

The tripartite meeting followed Rashad's Sunday talks with a Hamas delegation in Cairo, which reaffirmed its commitment to the ceasefire agreement's first phase but called for a mediators-supervised mechanism to monitor and halt Israeli "breaches."

The ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas, brokered by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye, and took effect on October 10, has sharply reduced Israeli attacks but not stopped them entirely.

At least 345 Palestinians have been killed and 889 others injured by Israeli attacks since October 11, Gaza's health authorities said Tuesday, bringing the overall death toll from Israeli attacks since October 2023 to 69,775, with 170,965 others injured.