The Israeli strike on Qatar ‘undermined’ Gaza ceasefire efforts, US special envoy Steve Witkoff has said
US President Donald Trump’s senior negotiators in the Gaza peace talks have said they felt “betrayed” after Israel launched an airstrike on Qatar during mediation efforts.
Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, and Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy to the Middle East, were key members of the president’s “dealmaking consortium” working to finalize a ceasefire and hostage exchange plan. They took part in talks in Egypt in early October, weeks after Israel struck Doha, killing several people and nearly derailing the process.
In an interview with CBS aired on Friday, Witkoff said he learned about the attack the next morning.
“I think both Jared and I felt, I just feel we felt a little bit betrayed,” he told the host.
“It had a metastasizing effect because the Qataris were critical to the negotiation, as were the Egyptians and the Turks. We had lost the confidence of the Qataris. And so Hamas went underground, and it was very, very difficult to get to them.”
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