On Saturday, Qatar and Egypt both called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilisation force to fully implement the fragile agreement to end the war in Gaza.
Speaking at a diplomatic conference in Doha, Qatari premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said “a ceasefire cannot be completed unless there is full withdrawal of the Israeli forces (and) there is stability back in Gaza”.
Axios reported that the main focus of Sunday’s meeting was largely “on the implementation of the Gaza peace agreement”.
The Israeli strike on Doha on September 9 unsuccessfully targeted top Hamas negotiator Khalil al-Hayra and others in the Palestinian resistance group.
The strike instead killed six people and sparked a wave of criticism, including a rebuke from US President Donald Trump.
Axios reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later called Al Thani from the White House “at Trump’s urging, to apologise for the strike”.