On Sunday, Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman discussed with his US counterpart, Anthony Blinken, ways to implement the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, in addition to developments in Syria.

This came during a phone call received by Bin Abdul Rahman from Blinken, according to a statement by the Qatari Foreign Ministry, while Doha and Washington, along with Cairo, mediated the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry said that the two sides discussed "the close strategic relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them."

They discussed "ways to ensure the full implementation of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and the exchange of (Israeli) detainees and (Palestinian) prisoners."

Bin Abdul Rahman expressed his country's hope "that both parties would commit to implementing the agreement," while Blinken expressed his country's appreciation for "Qatar's role and its continuous efforts that contributed to reaching the agreement," according to the same source.

On Sunday morning, the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement in Gaza came into effect, to be implemented in 3 stages, each lasting 42 days.

On the evening of the same day, the Israeli army announced that it had received 3 female prisoners from the International Red Cross, who had been released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip, as part of the first phase of the exchange deal between the two parties.