Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani confirmed today, Saturday, that he expects an exchange deal soon in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and Israel, saying: “We are doing everything in our power to reach it.”

He added, at the Munich Security Conference: “I cannot go into the details of the negotiations, but I believe that if we are able to address the humanitarian package within the agreement, we will be able to overcome the obstacles,” stressing that “there are still some difficulties in the humanitarian part of the negotiations regarding the Gaza agreement.” He said: “We believe that stopping the war is what will lead to the return of the prisoners.”

The Qatari Prime Minister indicated that the pattern that prevailed in the past few days was not very promising in the negotiations, pointing out that progress had been achieved in the past three weeks, but “we faced disagreements in recent days.”

In response to a question about the role of the Hamas movement in any future solution, Al Thani said: “The Palestinians are the ones who decide who represents them,” adding: “We would like to see a unified Palestinian government in the West Bank and Gaza, and all Palestinians will be under the umbrella of the Authority.”

He continued: "We have always seen that there is no progress in talking about a two-state solution, and we hope that after what happened on October 7, there will be a wake-up call, and to meet and consider a better future for the peoples of the region."

The moves to try to reach a truce in the Gaza Strip come at a time when the Israeli occupation army is preparing to launch a ground operation in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, which prompted Hamas to warn that any Israeli attack on the city means “torpedoing the negotiations.”