Qatar brokers Israel-Hamas cease-fire
Hamas says it has reached understandings with Qatar and Israel to contain the escalation in Gaza, but details of the agreement are murky.
![1143573909 An impoverished area in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Khan Yunis is pictured on May 13, 2019. - Qatar began distributing millions of dollars in aid in the Gaza Strip today in a fresh bid to restore calm after a flareup with Israel, a Qatari official said. Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas, along with an allied militant group, fired hundreds of rockets at Israel on May 4 and 5, saying they were frustrated by the slow implementation of a previous ceasefire deal. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Ph](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/09/GettyImages-1143573909.jpg/GettyImages-1143573909.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=gA7IB7dv)
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