The Takeaway: Israel and Hamas turn to Qatar for truce

Five takes on the Israel-Hamas deal and latest from Gaza; Arafat’s wife backs UAE-Israel peace deal; Curly hair makes a comeback in Egypt.
A picture taken on May 5, 2019 from the Israel-Gaza border shows a barrage of rockets being fired from the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. - Gaza militants fired fresh rocket barrages at Israel early today in a deadly escalation that has seen Israel respond with waves of strikes as a fragile truce again faltered and a further escalation was feared. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
A picture taken on May 5, 2019 from the Israel-Gaza border shows a barrage of rockets being fired from the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. - JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images
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1.  UN:  “Gaza is on the verge of becoming unlivable”

UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nikolay Mladenov welcomed the truce between Israel and Hamas on Aug. 31, which was brokered by Qatar and also involved UN and Egyptian mediation.

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