Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani said that his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, described the results of the current round of negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza as "sensitive". 

In a phone call between both diplomats, Bagheri Kani asserted the necessity of the resumption of holistic efforts and practical measures, including diplomatic ones, to end the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people. 

In turn, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "the mediators' meeting to end the war on the Gaza Strip is still ongoing, and will resume on Friday."

The spokesperson for the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed al-Ansari, added that "the efforts of mediators in Qatar, Egypt, and the United States are ongoing to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a prisoner exchange, and to bring in the largest possible amount of humanitarian aid to the Strip."

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Differences 'remain big' between parties negotiating Gaza ceasefire

The gaps between the Israeli regime and Palestinian Resistance Hamas in the ongoing indirect ceasefire and prisoner exchange negotiations in Qatar's capital Doha "remain big," Al Qahera News TV reported on Thursday citing a high-ranking Egyptian source.

The Egyptian delegation is reportedly ramping up its diplomatic efforts to broker an agreement in Gaza as the two-day negotiations continue, the source said.

Parties involved in the discussions are set to continue their meetings on Friday, an official informed on the matter told Reuters, as the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza nears its 11-month mark.

Hamas politburo member Osama Hamdan said on Wednesday that the Resistance group "informed the mediators that … any meeting should be based on talking about implementation mechanisms and setting deadlines rather than negotiating something new... otherwise, Hamas finds no reason to participate.”

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