A fresh round of Gaza ceasefire talks has begun in the Qatari capital Doha between representatives of Hamas and Israel. A senior Hamas official Abdul Rehman Shadid in a statement expressed hope that the current round of negotiations would lead to tangible progress toward beginning the second phase of ceasefire.

Israel will send a delegation to Qatar's Doha on Monday to advance ceasefire negotiations after accepting an invitation from the mediators, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Saturday.

A senior Hamas official said that a fresh round of Gaza ceasefire talks began on Tuesday in the Qatari capital Doha, with the Palestinian movement approaching the negotiations "positively and responsibly".