Israel to send delegation to Qatar to try to ‘advance’ ceasefire negotiations

A boy carries fabric and a plastic box at a street market in Jabaliya (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

Israel has said it will send a delegation to Qatar on Monday “in an effort to advance the negotiations” around the ceasefire in Gaza.

It came after Hamas reported “positive signals” in talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on starting negotiations on the truce’s delayed second phase.