Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Doha on Wednesday to discuss the war on Gaza Gaza.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is expected to meet the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Doha on Wednesday to discuss the war on Gaza Gaza and more aid for Palestinians, diplomatic sources told Reuters.

Abbas's visit to Qatar will be his second since the aggression on Gaza began on July 8.

"The President will be in Doha to meet with the Emir and talks will be on how to lift the siege of Gaza, the political scene that will follow that and then the urgent needs of the Palestinian people given the catastrophic losses," Palestinian ambassador in Doha Monir Ghannam told Reuters.

The Palestinian Health Ministry says some 2,026 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the ongoing attack that began last month. Sixty-four Zionist soldiers and three civilians in the Occupied Territories have also been killed during the offensive.