Gaza truce talks to be held in Doha on Thursday, sources say

Gaza ceasefire talks will be held in the Qatari capital on Thursday, sources close to the negotiations told AFP.

A source close to Palestinian movement Hamas and a second source close to the talks confirmed the Doha meeting. CIA director William Burns is also scheduled to take part in the ceasefire talks, a third US source familiar with the negotiations said.

Hamas told Reuters that it will not attend the negotiations.

"Hamas is committed to the proposal presented to it on July 2, which is based on the UN Security Council resolution and the Biden speech and the movement is prepared to immediately begin discussion over a mechanism to implement it," said senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri.

"Going to new negotiation allows the occupation to impose new conditions and employ the maze of negotiation to conduct more massacres."