A framework for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages held after a Hamas attack will be handed over to the Palestinian Islamist movement, Qatar’s prime minister announced Monday in Washington after meetings with US, Israeli and Egyptian officials, AFP reported.

Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, has led mediation efforts since war broke out between Israel and Hamas on October 7 following an unprecedented attack by the Palestinian movement on Israeli territory.

“Significant progress” was made at the Paris talks this week, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said in Washington at an event organized by the US think tank Atlantic Council.

Qatar’s prime minister announced that after meeting with CIA Director William Burns and senior Israeli and Egyptian security officials, a framework had been reached for a phased ceasefire that would see women and children held hostage first released and humanitarian aid will flow into the besieged Gaza Strip.

The various parties “hope to convey this proposal to Hamas and force it to participate positively and constructively in this process,” he continued.

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said Hamas had “clearly demanded” a “permanent ceasefire before negotiations”, adding that the current proposal “could lead to a permanent ceasefire in the future”.

According to official AFP data, the Hamas attack on October 7 killed more than 1,140 people in Israel, most of them civilians.

According to Israeli authorities, about 250 people were abducted and taken to Gaza. About a hundred were released in late November during a ceasefire in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and 132 hostages are still being held in the Palestinian territories, 28 of whom are believed to have died.

In response, Israel vowed to “destroy” Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, and launched a massive military operation that has killed 26,637 people, the vast majority of them women, children and teenagers, according to the Health Ministry. I. Islamist movement.