Qatar said on Tuesday that neither the Israeli government nor the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement have yet made a clear statement on the plan announced by US President Joe Biden to end the Gaza war.
"We have not yet seen a very clear position from the Israeli government on the principles outlined by Biden," Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said at a press conference on Tuesday.
The “contradictory statements from Israeli ministers” did not make the Gulf state very confident about whether there was a unified position in Israel on the current proposal.
Qatar, the United States and Egypt have been mediating between Israel and Hamas for weeks to achieve a ceasefire and an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
Al-Ansari emphasized that they have to see clear statements from both sides.
Hamas sources in the Lebanese capital Beirut said on Tuesday that Hamas would announce its response to the plan put forward by Biden "in the coming hours or days."
“Our response will be either through the mediators or in an official statement,” the source said.
On Friday, Biden surprisingly presented details of a draft deal in three phases.
Al-Ansari said that the principles contained in Biden’s proposal provides a roadmap for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and ending the crisis.
