Qatar suspends mediation talks between Israel and Gaza
ABCQatar has suspended its role as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, saying both sides were unwilling to negotiate "in good faith", as air strikes continued on Saturday in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Israeli bombardment kills 44 in Gaza Palestinian health authorities say 44 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday and Saturday. Strikes on Friday night and on Saturday morning killed four people east of Gaza City, including two journalists, four in a house in Beit Lahiya, two in a tent at al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, and four in a tent in Abassan near Khan Younis, medics said. It has denied United Nations Human Rights Office claims that 70 per cent of the 43,500 people killed in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel were woman and children.