Qatar and Israel

Yair Lapid held undisclosed meetings with Qatari officials to discuss Gaza hostages situation

The encounter happened on January 12, 2025, on the same day as another meeting between the Qatari officials, Lapid's team, and the representatives of the Gaza hostages' families.

Opposition head Yair Lapid and Yesh Atid MKs arrive for a court hearing at the Supreme Court on a petition against the transfer of funds to ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, January 8, 2026
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

'Correct a historical injustice': Yair Lapid to table Knesset bill branding Qatar as 'enemy state'

 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

Qatar says it will provide Lebanon with $430 million in financial support

PROTESTORS DRESSED as Qatari sheikhs in Carmel Shuk, December 26, 2025.

'Qatari sheikhs' in Carmel Shuk protest Netanyahu, Qatargate


Gaza hostages' families consulted by Qatari-funded entities - report

A consultant who worked as a special assistant in former President Bill Clinton's administration had

 Gaza hostage families protest on Ayalon highway on January 18, 2024

Congressional reps, US Jews protest at Qatar's embassy to secure hostages

‘We must not the let the Qataris be the mediator. It is better for Egypt or Turkey to be the mediator than the Qataris. Hamas is Qatar,’ Arab expert tells Post.

 FAMILY MEMBERS, friends, and supporters of those taken hostage on October 7 by Hamas complete the final stage of their march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last weekend.

Qatar: Extremist Israeli statements complicating hostage talks

On Monday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the French Minister of the Armed Forces that Israel had not yet received any verification that the medications had reached the hostages.

 Israeli hostages are handed over to the International Red Cross at Rafah, this past week.

Israel, Hamas agree to send medications and aid to Gaza, hostages

The medications will leave Doha on Wednesday and will then be transported to Egypt.

 Hamas terroristscelebrate after handing over hostages, who were abducted by Hamas gunmen during the October 7 attack on Israel, to the International Red Cross, as part of a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel amid a temporary truce, in an unknown location in the Gaza Strip, Novemb

Qatar, Israel talk Gaza hostage deal in secret Europe meeting - report

A senior diplomatic source revealed that the deal is expected to include children, women, and men, including three senior IDF officers who were captured by Hamas. 

KFAR AZA residents call for the release of the hostages, outside Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv yesterday.

UN chief says he will not give up appeals for ceasefire in Gaza

Guterres was speaking at the Doha Forum conference as Washington vetoed a proposed UNSC demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war.

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

Israel-Hamas war: Qatar will continue to push for truce in Gaza - PM

Qatari prime minister said they will continue to pressure Israel and Hamas for a truce despite "narrowing" chances.

 Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre near the border with Gaza in Israel, as seen from southern Israel, December 10, 2023

Qatar seeks deal for all Israeli captives, as 12 more leave Gaza

The issue is highly pressurized because the existing deal is set to expire Thursday morning with the resumption of the war. 

 A convoy of Red Cross vehicles believed to be carrying hostages drives by in the southern Gaza Strip, November 26, 2023

Qatar claims 'good progress' made on Gaza hostage deal

As part of that deal, Israel would agree to a five-day ceasefire, during which time the hostages would be released in small groups.

Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani speaks during a news conference at Wajbah Palace, in Doha March 5, 2013.

The US must designate Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism - opinion

Qatar has a long record of harboring and funding terrorist organizations. It's time the US holds them accountable.

 PHOTO: IRAN’S FOREIGN Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (left) meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, last month.