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The United States, Israel and Qatar held a trilateral gathering successful New York Sunday (December 7, 2025), a elder White House authoritative told AFP, months aft Israeli jets conducted an airstrike successful Doha, unsuccessfully targeting Hamas leadership.
The White House authoritative confirmed that the gathering had taken spot but did not supply immoderate further details.
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Two sources told U.S. quality outlet Axios it was “the highest level gathering betwixt the countries since the woody to extremity the warfare successful Gaza, for which Qatar served arsenic a cardinal mediator.”
Axios also reported White House envoy Steve Witkoff hosted the meeting, with Mossad spy main David Barnea representing Israel and an unnamed elder Qatari authoritative successful attendance.
Qatar, on with Egypt and the United States, helped broker a broad ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, which remains delicate arsenic some Israel and Hamas impeach each different of breaching its terms.
On Saturday (December 6, 2025), Qatar and Egypt some called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an planetary stabilization unit to afloat instrumentality the fragile statement to extremity the struggle successful Gaza.
Speaking astatine a diplomatic league successful Doha, Qatari premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said “a ceasefire cannot beryllium completed unless determination is afloat withdrawal of the Israeli forces (and) determination is stableness backmost successful Gaza.”
Axios reported that the main absorption of Sunday’s gathering was mostly “on the implementation of the Gaza bid agreement.”
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The Israeli onslaught connected Doha connected September 9 unsuccessfully targeted apical Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayra and others successful the Palestinian militant group.
The onslaught alternatively killed six radical and sparked a question of criticism, including a rebuke from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Axios said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aboriginal called Mr. Al Thani from the White House “at Trump’s urging, to apologize for the strike.”
