As a mediator between israel and hamas, more than six months into the war. Qatar has had a key role, along with egypt and america, in trying to secure a ceasefire between israel and hamas and the release of israeli hostages. But doha says its efforts were being undermined by politicians seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately we have i seen that there has been an abuse | of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehran s unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime M
Seeking to score points. Take a listen to qatars Prime Minister. Translation unfortunately, i mean, we have seen that there has been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of its role. We are now at the stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how the parties engage in this mediation. European Union Leaders have agreed to tighten sanctions on iranian producers of drones and missiles in the wake of tehrans unprecedented attack on israel on saturday night. The president of the European Council says its important to do everything to isolate iran. Tensions in the region remain high with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. For more on the role of qatar, i spoke to our middle east correspondent. Spoke to our
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leveraged over hamas. it hosts in doha some senior hamas leaders, as it has done for many years, they live there in excel. at the same time, qatar has this very important role as an ally of the us in the region. it hosts a large us military base in its desert and often does serve a purpose in these kinds of negotiations. now, these are strong comments that have been made by the prime minister, who is also the foreign minister of qatar. he has been talking about how there are narrow political interests that are being served here by some of the comments against qatar. it is clear he really does seem to mean some things have been said in recent days in washington, particularly by one us democratic congressman who is accusing kattar of actually blocking accusing kattar of actually blocking a deal to bring home the hostages, saying it is far too close to hamas