Qatar's prime minister warns an intolerable Gaza situation poses regional risk

It was a high-stakes trip to Washington D.C. for Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Jassim Abdulrahman bin Al Thani this week. His country is trying to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas that would see an end to fighting, at least temporarily.

Any agreement would bring the release of at least some of the 136 remaining hostages taken from Israel during the October 7 Hamas attack in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. It would also bring some respite to trapped civilians in Gaza living under bombardment and get badly needed aid to a man-made humanitarian disaster zone.

After announcing a framework that Hamas is now reviewing, Al Thani sat down with Morning Edition host Leila Fadel.

"I think that we should all unite behind stopping this war, saving those lives, saving those children and those women from being killed and being chased and bombed by airstrikes, by tanks, by everything," Al Thani said.

He warned that if the conflict between Israel and Hamas doesn't stop soon, the risks of regional war only grow.

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