'Momentum coming back' to Gaza ceasefire talks because of Trump, Qatar says

"The momentum is coming back” to Gaza ceasefire talks because of the incoming Trump administration's focus on ending the war, Qatari Foreign Minister and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said at the Doha Forum on Saturday. 

“We have seen a lot of encouragement from the incoming administration [of US President-elect Donald Trump] in order to achieve a deal even before the president comes [into] office," Thani said.

“And that actually made us [try] to put it back on track. We’ve been engaging in the past couple of weeks,” he added.

Trump has threatened Hamas with "hell to pay" if the hostages in Gaza are not released, but has been less vocal on what his vision for the war-ravaged enclave is.