NNA - A new round of negotiations began in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Thursday, in an attempt to reach a truce in the Gaza Strip that would allow for the exchange of prisoners and hostages between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), according to what a source familiar with the talks told Agence France-Presse.

The source confirmed the start of the expected negotiations with Qatari, American and Egyptian mediation, without indicating whether the Palestinian movement would send a delegation to the talks in which the United States and Israel announced they would send two delegations to participate.

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