Updates: Hamas, Israeli teams in Doha as Gaza ceasefire talks resume

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We’ll be closing this live page soon. Before we go, here’s a quick recap of today’s events:

• Hamas says that negotiations between the group and Israel on the future of the Gaza ceasefire have resumed in Qatar’s capital, Doha.
• Israeli media report that a team has arrived in Doha to continue talks with mediators over the fate of the ceasefire.
• Doctors Without Borders says it “strongly condemns” the siege on the Gaza Strip, which is depriving people of basic services and critical supplies.
• Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they will resume targeting ships linked to Israel after their four-day deadline for Israel to resume aid to Gaza expired.
• Israel’s defence minister says that troops are ready to stay in Syria for an “unlimited period” to ensure that the security zone in southern Syria is demilitarised.
• Israeli attacks have killed at least six people in central and southern Gaza, while four people, including an elderly woman, were killed in the occupied West Bank.

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The brutal apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people directly relate to the mass killings and subjugation of Black people here in the US.

There is a reason so many of the things we say in our community resonate with the people of Palestine and vice versa. Our mere existence is a threat to the status quo.

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As we reported earlier, the leader of Yemen’s Houthis said that the group will resume naval attacks on ships it deems to have links to Israel.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad says in a statement that it commends this decision.

“The decision represents a bold step aimed at pressuring the entity [Israel] and its sponsors to reopen the crossings and allow aid into the besieged Gaza Strip,” the statement reads.

Last week, the Houthis issued an ultimatum, giving Israel four days to lift their blockade of Gaza and allow aid in or face renewed attacks.

The first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement ended without a clear roadmap on March 1.

Instead of proceeding to stage two of the deal – which calls for Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza – Israel’s government has pushed to simply extend phase one, a plan rejected by Hamas.

Israel blocked all aid into Gaza, a move rights groups say breaches international law. So, why has Israel deviated from the original ceasefire outline and what can we expect next?

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In an interview with ABC News, Gideon Saar, Israel’s foreign minister, says the government will never consent to end the Gaza war unless Hamas is completely disarmed.

He called Hamas’s continued position as the most powerful military force in Gaza “unacceptable”.

A video posted on Instagram by a Palestinian journalist shows hungry people in Beit Lahiya scrambling for food at a humanitarian distribution point.

We’ve been reporting on Israel’s now 11-day ban on aid entering the Gaza Strip, causing scarcities of essential supplies like food.

As we reported earlier, Israeli forces killed at least four people in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during raids today.

The ministry confirmed the deaths of the four, saying three of those killed were still unidentified.

Faiza Ibrahim Abu Ghali, a 58-year-old woman, was able to be identified.

“A special force from the Israeli occupation army stormed the eastern neighbourhood of Jenin city, and surrounded a house in it, and the occupation soldiers surrounded a site on Haifa Street, [in the] west of the city”, the ministry said in a statement.

Israeli forces also “evacuated the al-Adeeb residential building in Khallet Al-Sawha neighbourhood in Jenin city, after forcing its residents to leave and show their IDs, and detained them and interrogated them in the field, and destroyed a number of the contents of the residential apartments”.

Protesters in New York gathered to demand the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who the White House is trying to deport over his involvement in protests at Columbia University.

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As we’ve been reporting, Israel’s block on aid to Gaza is now in its 11th day.

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, told reporters that those working to relieve Gaza’s people are now being forced to “ration everything we distribute, to ensure that the stocks last longer, including fuel, which is critical”.

“And of course, we’ve seen prices rise again. I mean, it’s a market economy. If people know that there’s no more cooking gas coming in, there’s no more fresh vegetables coming in, or flour, the price of whatever in Gaza will go up,” he continued.

The Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) has condemned the recent statements by Hamas against the Palestinian Authority (PA), claiming that they demonstrate its attempts to cover up the concessions it has been giving to “foreign parties”.

Fatah also claimed that Hamas is neither authorised nor qualified to negotiate for the rights of the Palestinian people.

It said “a group of fugitives implicated in the blood of tens of thousands of martyrs has no right to collude with the occupation army and conduct their secret negotiations on the ruins and rubble of the Gaza Strip.”

Hamas yesterday accused PA forces of “directly” opening fire and killing Palestinian fighter Abdul-Rahman Abu Muna in Jenin, the occupied West Bank.

The PA confirmed killing Muna.

Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, says in a statement that it “strongly condemns the Israeli-imposed siege on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, which is depriving people of basic services and critical supplies, including access to water by cutting electricity”.

As we’ve been reporting, Israel cut off all aid to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, March 2, leaving hundreds of thousands in deprivation.

“This is outrageous. Humanitarian aid should never be used as a bargaining chip in war,” said Myriam Laaroussi, MSF emergency coordinator, according to the statement.

EU nations and the UN have roundly condemned Israel’s aid blockage, which appears to be a pressure tactic aimed at forcing Hamas to release more Israeli captives from Gaza without Israel having to adhere to phase two of the ceasefire agreement.

The White House has accused Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University student who was recently detained, of distributing documents of pro-Hamas propaganda and disrupting college classes by organising protests.

“This administration is not going to tolerate individuals having the privilege of studying in our country and then siding with pro-terrorist organisations that have killed Americans,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

“We have a zero-tolerance policy for siding with terrorists,” she told reporters.

Leavitt reminded that the secretary of state has a legal right to revoke green cards or visas of individuals who act adversarial to the foreign policy and security of the US.

As we reported earlier, negotiations over the fate of the Gaza ceasefire have resumed, with Israeli and Hamas teams present in the Qatari capital.

US news outlet Axios reports that US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has also arrived in Doha, and will join Egyptian and Qatari mediators working to see the continuation of the ceasefire.

Israel’s defence minister says that the country’s troops are ready to stay in Syria for an “unlimited period”.

After the fall of the regime of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad late last year, Israeli troops quickly moved into Syrian territory, occupying, among other areas, the peak of Mount Hermon, which sits on the border between the two countries.

“We will stay on Mount Hermon and ensure that the security zone in southern Syria is demilitarised”, Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a video message posted on X.

“Every morning [interim Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa] in Damascus will see that the Israeli army is watching him from the peaks of Mount Hermon.”

Khalid Abdalla has used his public profile to campaign against Israel’s occupation and the war in Gaza.

He has participated in Palestine solidarity marches in London and criticised police restrictions on protests.

Abdalla, known for his roles in The Crown and The Kite Runner, warns that civic freedoms are eroding.

He has been asked to attend a police interview under caution over alleged protest violations, but remains committed to activism.

Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from London: