Al-Ansari said: "If we do not seize this opportunity and this momentum, it will be a missed opportunity among many that have been available in the recent past. We do not want to witness that again."
This move comes in the wake of an unprecedented escalation between Iran and Israel. Iran launched a missile attack targeting the U.S. Al-Udeid military base in Qatar, in response to U.S. airstrikes targeting nuclear facilities inside Iran, following Washington's intervention in the war that had been raging for days between the two sides.
The US-Qatari intervention resulted in a ceasefire agreement between Tehran and Tel Aviv.
Al-Ansari, who is also an advisor to the Qatari Prime Minister, explained that his country is "heavily engaged in talking to each party separately," despite the lack of direct negotiations currently taking place between Israel and Hamas, stressing ongoing efforts to bring the two sides closer together.
He noted that American pressure had been decisive in previous agreements, saying, "We have seen American pressure and what it can achieve," referring to a previous truce concluded when Trump took office last January, but which collapsed on March 18 after Israel intensified its operations in Gaza.
The Qatari official asserted that "American pressure could lead to a new truce in Gaza," emphasizing that his country is working closely with Washington to ensure the international community exerts the necessary pressure to bring the parties to the negotiating table.
In this context, US President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Friday about the possibility of reaching a new ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, indicating the possibility of reaching an agreement within "next week."
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, including killing, starvation, destruction, and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.
The genocide left approximately 189,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands displaced.
