Qatar after the assassination of Haniyeh: How do negotiations take place in which one party kills its negotiator?

On Wednesday, after the assassination of the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani considered that the approach of political assassinations and intended escalation against civilians in Gaza at every stage of the negotiation leads to the question of how Negotiations take place in which one party kills the person negotiating with it at the same time.

The Qatari official stressed in a post on his page on the X platform that regional and international peace needs serious partners and an international stance against escalation and disregard for the lives of the peoples of the region.

On Wednesday morning, the Hamas movement mourned Haniyeh, who was martyred as a result of an Israeli raid that targeted his residence in Tehran, according to the movement’s statement, at a time when the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said, in a statement, that Haniyeh was martyred in Tehran, after his residence was targeted with “something,” and an investigation is underway into the matter. accident, and the results of the investigation will be announced.

Haniyeh arrived in Tehran yesterday, Tuesday, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, in the Shura Council. The State of Qatar condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of Haniyeh, and considered it "a heinous crime, a dangerous escalation, and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law."

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned, in a statement published on its account on the

The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed Qatar's firm position rejecting violence, terrorism and criminal acts, including political assassinations, regardless of the motives and reasons. The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the condolences of the State of Qatar, the leadership and people, “to the families of the head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement and his personal companion, and the State of Palestine and its brotherly people.”

During the meeting, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of the United Kingdom expressed their country's thanks to the State of Qatar for the joint mediation efforts to stop the war in Gaza.

The two ministers also met with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in his office at the Emiri Diwan. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and the prospects for strengthening and developing them in various fields, in addition to discussing regional and international developments, especially developments in the situation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories. According to a statement issued by the Qatari Emiri Diwan.

Also, the Emir of Qatar received Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati. According to a statement by the Qatari Emiri Diwan, the bilateral relations between the two countries and aspects of enhancing them were reviewed, in addition to a number of issues of common interest.

The assassination of Haniyeh comes shortly after new attempts to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a genocidal war for nearly 10 months, as a round of negotiations was held in the Italian capital, Rome, between officials from America, Israel, Egypt, and Qatar, but Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to put... New conditions in an effort that many say is to sabotage the Gaza negotiations and hold the Palestinian side, especially Hamas and the resistance, responsible for the obstruction and to extract more concessions from them, and to protect itself from accountability internally.

The New Arab