Qatar to close Hamas office over lack of ‘good faith’ in Israel-Gaza ceasefire talks

Gulf state's government is stopping mediation efforts until warring parties show a sincere willingness' to reach a deal

The Qatari government is planning to close Hamas's political office in Doha and has informed the US and Israel it will stop mediation efforts to halt the conflict in Gaza because it no longer thinks the parties are negotiating in good faith.

The Gulf state has concluded that talks have become a political football, and its efforts to facilitate them were generating criticism towards it, according to a diplomatic source briefed on the situation.