Negotiations to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war are now at a stalemate, having suffered a setback due to the Israeli military operation in Rafah, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman said on Tuesday. “Right now, we are in the status of almost a stalemate. Of course, what happened with Rafah has set us backward a little bit,” he told the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha. Last week, Israel took control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, an operation that has halted humanitarian aid deliveries via the vital facility into the densely populated st…