Israel “killed any hope” of securing a cease-fire deal to free the remaining hostages being held in Gaza after it attacked Hamas’ negotiating team in Doha, Qatar’s prime minister said on Thursday.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of torpedoing months of work Doha has spent mediating the conflict in Gaza, warning that Tuesday’s attack against Hamas’ leadership threatens the lives of the remaining 20 living hostages.

“I was meeting one of the hostages’ families the morning of the attack,” al Thani told CNN in an interview late Wednesday. “They are counting on this [ceasefire] mediation. They have no other hope for that.” 4

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“I think that what Netanyahu has done, he just killed any hope for those hostages,” he added.

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