US to Push for Gaza Cease-Fire Despite Assassination Setback
- New obstacles after months of unsuccessful negotiations
- Qatar’s premier questions prospects after negotiator is killed
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US officials are still pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza but concede it’s harder than ever after a suspected Israeli strike killed a top Hamas leader in Tehran, according to people familiar with the Biden administration’s thinking.
The viability of the months-long US effort to secure a pause in the Israel-Hamas war and free Israeli hostages was thrown into question after a missile strike in Tehran on early Wednesday killed Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s political chief and a key representative during rounds of so-far futile negotiations.