The foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the EAU, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey issued a new statement by praising Hamas’ response to the proposal of US President Donald Trump to put an end to the war against Gaza.
The displaced Palestinians sit on a fishing boat along the shore in Deir El-Balah in the Central Gaza Strip, on October 5, 2025.
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The ministers “welcomed the steps taken by Hamas” regarding Trump’s proposal “, to end the war against Gaza, free all hostages, alive or deceased, and the immediate launch of negotiations on implementation mechanisms,” according to the text of the statement published by the Qatar Foreign Ministry.
Foreign ministers also welcomed the “preparation of Hamas to deliver the administration of Gaza to a Palestinian administrative committee of transition from independent technocrats.”
-ABC News’ Nasser Atta and Sumayah Malekian
