Mustafa Barghouti, president of the Palestinian National Initiative, spoke with Fareed about the lack of attention paid to Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and about who will lead Gaza in the future.

Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to get both parties to the second phase, which could end the war.

The Palestinian factions and forces held a meeting in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday, to discuss the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and prisoners exchange with Israeli occupation through Qatari-Egyptian mediation.

An agreement for a ceasefire to end the ongoing war in Gaza is “very close,” according to a key mediator for the negotiations in Doha. Speaking at a news conference, Qatari foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari has said negotiations are in their "final stages" and potential stumbling blocks have been "addressed.

Palestinian National Initiative president Mustafa Barghouti joined CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to discuss his perspective on Israel and Hamas agreeing to a deal that will pause fighting in Gaza.

Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of political party the Palestinian National Initiative, believes that Prime Minister Netanyahu ran out of options to stop a ceasefire from being implemented.

Truce talks ‘on the brink’ as Hamas ‘waiting for troop withdrawal maps’ - Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised

The first phase of the agreement is supposed to last 42 days and see the release of more captives and prisoners.

Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip whilst Israel insists details are still being finalised

Celebrations erupted across the world after the US, Egypt, and Qatar announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas to end more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza, in return for the release of hostages and gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the war-torn

Celebrations erupted across the world after the US, Egypt, and Qatar announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas to end more than 15 months of

Leaders of Palestinian factions and political figures visited the home of the late Palestinian Prime Minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haneyya in Doha, Qatar, on the first day of the ceasefire in Gaza to meet with his family.