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Israel under pressure to respond to ceasefire proposal as strikes on Gaza continue

Qatar has stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal from Arab countries, but Israel has yet to weigh in as its military prepares an offensive in some of the territory's most densely populated areas.

Euronews

Israel has killed nearly 19,000 children in Gaza war as strikes intensify

Israel bombards Gaza City, where many are trapped, as ceasefire deal Hamas has accepted hangs in balance.

Al Jazeera

M23-DR Congo peace talks in Doha stalled: What next?

Both sides accuse the other of violating the terms of an earlier deal mediated by Qatar.

Al Jazeera

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Qatar urges progress on Gaza ceasefire after ‘positive response’ from Hamas

A key mediator on Gaza is stressing the urgency of brokering a ceasefire after Hamas showed a ‘positive response’ to a proposal

The Independent UK

Woman sexually assaulted on flight challenges UK rules on compensation

Woman who was attacked on flight from Qatar to London was denied payout because plane was not registered in UK

The Guardian - UK

Woman sexually assaulted on London flight challenges compensation refusal

She was attacked while sleeping on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha, Qatar to Gatwick, West Sussex in September last year.

Evening Standard

Woman sexually assaulted on Gatwick flight denied compensation due to loophole

The London woman says it is ‘unfair and illogical’

The Independent UK

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‘There’s no such thing as someone else’s children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet assent

Omar El Akkad does not want you to look away. An award-winning journalist and novelist, El Akkad was born in Egypt, lived as a teenager in Qatar and Canada, and migrated as an adult to the US, where he now lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest.

The Conversation

Hamas accepts Gaza truce proposal as Israel signals will continue war

Palestinian group tells mediators it approves latest Gaza ceasefire proposal and is ready to resume talks.

Al Jazeera

How the world is reacting to Israel’s settlement plan in occupied West Bank

Plans to develop the illegal E1 settlement, which would jeopardise a future Palestinian state, widely condemned.

Al Jazeera

Middle East crisis: Bezalel Smotrich outlines plan for 3,000 new housing units in controversial West Bank settlement, reports say – as it happened

Israel’s far-right finance minister claims Netanyahu and Trump have agreed to the plan although there has been no confirmation from either leader

The Guardian - UK

Qatar sentences the country's Baha'i leader to 5 years for social media posts

The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges alleging that posts on Baha’i social media accounts “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion."

The Independent UK

Taliban registers 1,800 unemployed Afghan refugees for jobs in Qatar, official says

Rights groups and the UN have repeatedly warned that some Afghans returning are at risk of persecution because of their gender, profession or links to the former Western-backed administration.

Euronews

The Taliban registers 1,800 unemployed Afghan refugees for jobs in Qatar

The Taliban is registering 1,800 unemployed Afghans expelled from neighboring countries for the chance to work in Qatar in the latest round of a labor agreement with the Gulf nation

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International Business Times

Gaza Mediators 'Working Very Hard' To Revive Truce Plan: Egypt

Egypt said Tuesday it was working with fellow Gaza mediators Qatar and the United States to broker a 60-day truce, as part of a renewed push to end the Israel-Hamas war.

AAP

Boomers down Qatar, go unbeaten into Asia Cup quarters

Jaylin Galloway won a second straight player of the match award as he led the Boomers unbeaten into the Asia Cup quarter-finals with a win over Qatar.

The Guardian - US

Democrats sound alarm over Trump’s reported $1bn plan to retrofit gifted Qatari jet

Elizabeth Warren and others pen letter over alleged plan to divert funds from nuclear arsenal to convert jet into Air Force One

Radio France Internationale

Gaza student leaves France over antisemitic posts row

A student from Gaza who had been studying in France on a scholarship left for Qatar Sunday, ordered out over anti-Semitic comments found on her social media accounts, the foreign ministry said.

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Euronews

Kilis-Aleppo natural gas pipeline opened: Gas flow from Turkey to Syria started

Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar called on European countries to support infrastructure projects for the return of Syrians in Europe. Turkey, Qatar, Azerbaijan and Syria are supporting a project that will provide electricity to 5 million households in Aleppo.

International Business Times

Thousands Of Afghans Scramble For Chance To Work In Qatar

When Mohammad Hanif heard Qatar was opening jobs to Afghans, he joined thousands of others to put his name down for a shot to make a living in the gas-rich emirate, his own country wracked by unemployment.

The Guardian - UK

The go-between: inside the 1 August Guardian Weekly

Qatar’s role as global negotiator. Plus: England’s historic win

The Independent UK

Arab nations tell Hamas to ‘disarm’ and end rule of Gaza after Starmer ultimatum

Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt said the terrorist group must play no part in the future of Palestine

The Independent UK

Voices: What might a surrender deal for Hamas look like?

COMMENT: The demand by Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt that the terrorists in control of Gaza put down their arms and leave is a strong diplomatic move – but where are they supposed to go? History suggests that expulsion rarely ends well, says Mark Almond

International Business Times

Qatar, Saudi, Egypt Join Call For Hamas To Disarm, Give Up Gaza Rule

Arab countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined calls Tuesday for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza, in a bid to end the devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

The Guardian - US

Trump justice department sued over legal memo on Qatar’s luxury jet gift

Freedom of the Press Foundation filed suit after DoJ failed to produce document that cleared way for $400m gift

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