Winston Churchill once described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Qatar is close to meriting the same epithet.
Begun days after Hamas's October 7 attack, the painstaking negotiations finally culminated in a deal to release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners and a four-day pause in fighting.
As part of that deal, Israel would agree to a five-day ceasefire, during which time the hostages would be released in small groups.
The deal would also involve increasing the amount of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza, an official said.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum insisted that any move for a ceasefire must include the release of all of the hostages from Gaza.
Netanyahu spoke amid growing pressure from the international to press Israel to accept a mechanism for a series of humanitarian pauses.
At least 320 foreign nationals and dozens of severely injured Gazans were among the first beneficiaries of the Qatari-mediated deal brokered between Egypt, Israel and Hamas.
Earlier, the armed wing of Hamas said it had been close to reaching an agreement with Israel over the hostages, but Israel had "stalled" on that possibility.
If the league approves the deal, it will have been the first time a sovereign wealth fund bought ownership into an American team.
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