<span class="s2">KABUL (Pajhwok): The Qatari prime minister said on Sunday m</span><span class="s2">ediation </span><span class="s2">attempts</span><span class="s2"> are </span><span class="s2">ongoing</span> <span class="s2">for the renewal of</span> <span class="s2">a truce in the Gaza Strip.</span>
<span class="s2">But continued </span><span class="s2">Israeli </span><span class="s2">airstrikes</span> <span class="s2">were "narrowing the window </span><span class="s2">for a </span><span class="s2">fruitful</span><span class="s2">result of the diplomatic push</span><span class="s2">, </span><span class="s2">Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani</span><span class="s2"> warned.</span>
<span class="s2">AFP </span><span class="s2">quoted him as telling </span><span class="s2">the Doha Forum</span><span class="s2">: </span><span class="s2">"Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continui</span><span class="s2">ng. We are not going to give up.</span><span class="s2">" </span>
<span class="s2">Earlier</span><span class="s2">, Doha played a key role in securing a week-long</span><span class="s2"> truce, which </span><span class="s2">paved the way for the release of</span><span class="s2"> scores of </span><span class="s2">Palestinian and </span><span class="s2">Israeli </span><span class="s2">hostages</span> <span class="s2">and </span><span class="s2">delivery of badly-needed </span><span class="s2">humanitarian aid.</span>
<span class="s2">"We </span><span class="s2">are</span> <span class="s2">committed to having captives released, but we are also committed to stopping the war," </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s2"> prime minister said.</span>
<span class="s2">Speaking at the same forum, the </span><span class="s2">UN </span><span class="s2">chief voiced his </span><span class="s2">regrets </span><span class="s2">over </span><span class="s2">the Security Council's failure to </span><span class="s2">call for </span><span class="s2">a ceasefire in Gaza.</span>
<span class="s2">The UN </span><span class="s2">council was "paralysed by geostrategic divisions" that were </span><span class="s2">impeding</span> <span class="s2">efforts for an end to the </span><span class="s2">war </span><span class="s2">i</span><span class="s2">n </span><span class="s2">Gaza, Antonio Guterres said.</span>
<span class="s2">He went on to comment: </span><span class="s2">"I reiterated my appeal for a humanita</span><span class="s2">rian ceasefire to be declared. </span><span class="s2">Regrettably, the Security Council failed to do it. I can promise, I will not give up."</span>
<span class="s2">PAN Monitor/mud</span>
