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It took just a few hours after Hamas’s assault on Israel for Qatar’s prime minister to assemble a team at an undisclosed location in the capital, Doha. As the images emerged of missile attacks, gun men on motorbikes and hostages seized across the border from Gaza, the Gulf state’s leadership…

Fears are escalating the conflict between Israel and Hamas could spill over into a broader war involving other countries in the region.

More than 300 people gathered outside the Qatari Embassy in central London on Sunday to call for the return of innocent civilians kidnapped by Hamas.

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Doha positions itself as region’s lead mediator but balancing relations with Hamas and the west has become precarious

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