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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Edna Mohamed

Rubio, en route to Qatar, warns of ‘short window’ to secure Gaza ceasefire

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gestures at the airport as he departs for Qatar following an official visit, near Lod, Israel, September 16, 2025 [Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP]

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told reporters that Qatar is the only country to mediate an end to Israel’s war on Gaza, as he departed Israel on his way to the Qatari capital, where Gulf states on Monday pledged to activate the joint defence pact as Arab and Islamic leaders stood in solidarity following Israel’s brazen attack on the Hamas leadership inside the country.

En route to Doha on Tuesday, Rubio told reporters that Qatar’s mediation efforts depend on whether they still want to be involved following the Israeli attack, which the Gulf nation called “cowardly and treacherous”.

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