Qatar Wants Trump To Push Gaza Peace Negotiations To Continue Again

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JAKARTA - The mediator of the Gaza conflict, Qatar, wants Gaza's stalled negotiations to continue again. The momentum of the Iran-Israeli ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump is also expected to lead the way for Gaza negotiations.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said Qatar had been in contact with "all parties" over the past few days to "convincing Israel and Hamas to re-negotiate."

The statement comes shortly after President Trump said he thought America's attack on Iran's nuclear site could help produce a breakthrough in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.

"Now is the time for President Trump to encourage him and we believe he is sincere about it. We are willing to help in that," Al Ansari told CNN, Wednesday, June 25.

"There is a momentum created by the ceasefire in Iran and Israel, but we are not yet completely safe. There are many details I cannot discuss at this time about the existing deal, but I can tell you that the same parameters continue to emerge and disappear in negotiations," he explained.

Iran responded to an American attack on Iran's nuclear facilities this weekend by firing missiles at a US base in Qatar, an unprecedented attack that caused no damage.

This raises the question of whether the attack was coordinated between Tehran and Doha to create a way out for regional escalation.

When asked if Iran's attacks were coordinated with Qatar, Al Ansari said there was intelligence information about a possible attack but still stated it was a "surprises."

"It hasn't happened before and we didn't expect Iran to do this at a time when we helped them with many of their regional problems. This is a wound to the relationship between us and Iran but we are willing to move forward," he said.