The US, Israel and Qatar held their highest-level talks since the Gaza ceasefire, meeting quietly in New York to salvage the fragile truce, according to reports. Here's all we know about the trilateral meet.

Did US, Israel and Qatar hold a secret meeting on Gaza peace deal? Report suggests 'highest level meeting' happened in New York

The Knesset vote and American criticism came in what one might call a “Bibisitter week.”  Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were already in Israel when the Washington heavyweights arrived. They were all there to make sure that the Trump plan stays intact in its early days.

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 Israeli forces and Hamas also clashed over the weekend, with an Israeli military official saying the country struck targets in southern Gaza after Hamas shot at Israeli soldiers—marking a test of the ceasefire.

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He threatened to do so if the Palestinian militants refused to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the bodies of hostages.

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The high-level summit came following the hostage-prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas after the ceasefire came into effect in Gaza last week, brokered by the US president.

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The American president seemed to mock the charges against Netanyahu, saying, Who cares about some cigars and champagne. Netanyahu is the first sitting Israeli PM to stand trial.

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The hostages will be released to the Red Cross and then transported to Israel in six to eight vehicles. While Israel is expected to release about 2,000 Palestinian detainees in exchange.

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Netanyahu made the remarks ahead of their exchange on Monday (Oct 13) for Palestinian prisoners under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

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On Thursday (Oct 9), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that the Gaza deal will come into effect on receiving a green signal from the cabinet.

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Hamas warns Israel against sabotaging peace talks. Hamas also warned Israeli PM Netanyahu against the attempts to "obstruct and sabotage the current round of negotiations."

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Hamas reported that its negotiating delegation, led by al-Hayya, survived the attack, but his office director Jihad Labad, his son Homam al-Hayya, and three aides were killed. Qatar condemned the strike, affirming its right to respond after the death of a Qatari security officer.

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The order to halt offensive to the IDF was issued after overnight talks between Israeli and US officials. It called for military activities to be reduced to a minimum, with troops strictly carrying out defensive operations, including strikes against threats to forces.

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Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, Trump said, “We’re going to do about three or four days. We’ll see how it is. All of the Arab countries are signed up. The Muslim countries are all signed up. Israel is all signed up.” 

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Did US, Israel and Qatar hold a secret meeting on Gaza peace deal? Report suggests 'highest level meeting' happened in New York

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