Watch live as Qatar’s prime minister holds a press conference on Wednesday (15 January) as Hamas has reportedly accepted a ceasefire deal with Israel to pause the war.
Hamas is reported to have accepted a ceasefire deal with Israel, bringing an end to 15 months of war, after months of negotiations brokered by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
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 is set to give an update this evening after days of intense negotiations. The Gulf state’s foreign ministry will hold a press conference in Doha on Wednesday, where a truce is being hammered out by US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
