Qatar on Sunday pledged to press ahead with efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to give up,” Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman said at a forum in Doha. He said his country is committed to the release of all hostages, but also called for a halt to the Israeli military campaign in the densely populated Gaza Strip. The leader regretted what he described as lack of the same readiness that was shown last month and which resulted in a now-expired t…