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Qatar says Hamas response to truce proposal ‘generally positive’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani at Lusail Palace, in Doha, Qatar [Mark Schiefelbein/Reuters]

Mediator Qatar says Hamas has given a “generally positive” response to a proposed truce deal with Israel, as the Palestinian group reiterated its demand for an end to the Israeli assault on Gaza.

During a press conference on Tuesday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani described Hamas’s reaction to the proposal as “generally positive”, without providing more details.

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