Hamas "didn't really want to make a deal" on a new Gaza cease-fire and hostage release, Trump said after the U.S. and Israel pulled negotiations from Qatar.

Hamas issued a scathing statement in which it rejected U.S. criticism of its handling of negotiations aimed at ending the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza.

Hamas has rejected a 60-day Gaza ceasefire proposal, a senior official in Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office told reporters Saturday.

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff blames Hamas as Gaza ceasefire talks stall yet again, bringing no hope for Palestinian children who are "starving to death."

Hamas has yet to deliver an official response to the Israeli proposal that was submitted a week ago, and is now raising new demands on issues that had already been resolved, according to an Israeli official speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

The special envoy of US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, said on Thursday that the US is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations, reports news agency AP.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, is returning to the United States without securing a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

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