United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has told reporters that Qatar is the only country to mediate an end to Israel’s war on Gaza , as he departed Israel on his way to the Qatari capital, where Gulf states on Monday pledged to activate the joint defence pact as Arab and Islamic leaders stood in solidarity following Israel’s brazen attack on the Hamas leadership inside the country.

En route to Doha on Tuesday, Rubio told reporters that Qatar’s mediation efforts depend on whether they still want to be involved following the Israeli attack, which the Gulf nation called “cowardly and treacherous”.

“We want them to know that if there’s any country in the world that could help end this through a negotiation, it’s Qatar,” he said.

But, Rubio warned that time was getting shorter to s

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