Watch again as Qatar’s prime minister held a press conference on Wednesday (15 January) as Hamas accepted a ceasefire deal with Israel.
The deal was reached after the Qatari prime minister met Hamas and Israeli negotiators in his office, a source close to the negotiations has told The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley.
It came after a Hamas source said the group’s leader, Khalil Al Hayya, had delivered approval for the ceasefire agreement to mediators in Qatar.
Shortly after the news broke, President Elect Donald Trump posted on X: “We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you!”
Qatar gave an update on Wednesday evening after days of intense negotiations.
The Gulf state’s foreign ministry held a press conference in Doha on Wednesday, where a truce was hammered out by US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
