Hamas leaders no longer in Doha but office not closed, Qatar says

A Palestinian official says they are keeping their locations secret to avoid embarrassing host states.

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Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman said Hamas’s office no longer had a function because Qatar had suspended its mediation efforts on a Gaza ceasefire deal, although he stressed that it was not permanently closed.

The Palestinian official told the BBC the Hamas negotiators had adjusted their presence in the region and were keeping their locations secret to avoid embarrassing host countries.

But they said it was likely Hayya was in Turkey as he had travelled there several times over the past two months.

And while the official also denied reports that Qatar had formally asked Hamas to leave, they said the Gulf state seemed to be positioning itself carefully to avoid any tensions between the current administration of President Joe Biden and the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

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