Qatar Says Hamas Promise to Consider Gaza Plan in 'Good Faith'

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00:00Dan, what is your expectation for how Hamas might respond to this

00:05and whether or not they're going to respond in this time frame that they've been given?

00:10I think there's actually a considerable chance they will respond within the time frame and respond positively.

00:16The onus has clearly shifted onto Hamas in the eyes not only of Israel, obviously.

00:22Israel wants to finish up this war with what it could describe as a victory,

00:25but also of the U.S. president, a president who's broken with past administrations

00:30by allowing his aides to speak directly to Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group in the West.

00:36And now we have the major stakeholders in the Muslim and Arab world pressing Hamas directly and publicly.

00:43That's Qatar, where the Hamas leadership is hosted outside Gaza,

00:47and with the inclusion of Egypt, a major power player, a country which borders the Gaza Strip,

00:52and even Turkey, which sent its intelligence chief to take part in these talks in Doha.

00:58There's a lot of pressure on Hamas, and that's what makes this different.

01:00The number of stakeholders were publicly lining up behind this deal, wanting to see this war over.

01:07Ideally, a war that would end before it reaches its two-year mark, just six days from now.

01:13So I think Hamas will be experiencing a degree of pressure and isolation it hasn't experienced before.

01:17And I think the chances are good that it will accept the deal, possibly with some requests for revisions.