Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- Qatar's prime minister has warned that daily Israeli breaches of the Gaza ceasefire are threatening the entire agreement, as he called for urgent progress towards the next phase of the deal to end Israel's genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian enclave.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani made the appeal following talks with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Wednesday, where he stressed that "delays and ceasefire violations endanger the entire process and place mediators in a difficult position".

The discussions at the seventh US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue came as the fragile truce continues to fray amid a deepening humanitarian emergency across Gaza.

Since the ceasefire to...