Qatar’s prime minister will meet top US officials on Friday and is expected to discuss Gaza ceasefire-hostage talks, the Israeli attack on Hamas’s top brass in Doha on Tuesday and a possible new defense deal with Washington, in an indication that the US seeks to signal a boost in its ties with Qatar following the attack.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, a key mediator in the ceasefire talks, will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House in Washington, the US State Department said late on Thursday.

Al-Thani was also expected to meet US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and White House special envoy Steve Witkoff, who has been overseeing the Gaza talks for Washington, Politico and Axios reported.

An unnamed source “close to the president’s national security........

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