Mediators have resumed contact with Israeli and Hamas negotiators on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, rekindling hopes for a breakthrough after Israel and the US angrily rejected Hamas's response to the latest proposals,

The United States joined Israel on Thursday in pulling its negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks, with special envoy Steve Witkoff blaming Hamas for failing to reach a deal and saying Washington would "consider alternative options".

One source tells ToI latest offer in Doha is 'workable,' but two senior officials quoted elsewhere argue Hamas is actually 'hardening positions' ahead of Dermer-Witkoff meeting

Mediators have been shuttling between Israeli and Hamas delegations in Qatar for more than two weeks but the indirect talks have so far failed to yield an elusive truce.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff says the U.S. is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations

Statement from terror group comes after Egyptian and Qatari told it to come back with more reasonable response; Witkoff slated to meet Dermer and Qatari PM in Italy on Thursday amid efforts to break logjam The post Hamas says it submitted reply to Gaza truce proposal amid mediators’ fury at group appeared first on The Times of Israel.

The Israeli government has recalled its envoys from ceasefire talks with Hamas after receiving the group's latest response, as international pressure mounts to end the nearly two-year war in Gaza.

Palestinian militant group Hamas said it has responded to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza to the mediators after more than two weeks of talks in Doha, Qatar.

A controversial aid operation for Gaza backed by Israel and the US says two of its workers have been injured in an attack while giving out relief. Two militants threw grenades at the aid centre in Khan Younis, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said. It blamed Hamas for Saturday's incident.