Publish Date: 4 December 2023 - 09:00

TEHRAN, Dec. 04 (MNA) – Qatar continues its mediatory efforts to resume the humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesman Majed bin Muhammad al-Ansari said.

"Undoubtedly, these were the most difficult talks Qatar has ever conducted as a mediator. But these efforts will continue," he said in an interview with the Al Jazeera television channel. "Contacts are maintained nonstop. Groups continue working via the headquarters in Doha, via mediators to guarantee that channels of communication remain open."

"Doha is holding consultations with international and regional partners to see to it that the parties get back to the negotiating table," TASS quoted him as saying.

The Israeli regime started the war against Gaza on October 7 after the territory’s Palestinian Resistance movements launched the surprise Operation al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the regime’s decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.

According to Gaza’s health ministry, more than 15,500 Palestinians have been killed and over 41,300 others wounded since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on the coastal territory.

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