A day after backing out of Gaza talks, Trump says Hamas didn't ‘want to make a deal' on ceasefire, hostage release
According to a Reuters report, Trump made the comments to reporters at the White House. On Thursday, the president's Middle East peace envoy, Steve Witkoff, said the Trump administration had decided to bring its negotiating team home for consultations following Hamas' latest proposal.
The US and Israel pulled their delegations out of the talks in Doha, mediated by Egypt and Qatar.
Witkoff said Hamas was to blame for an impasse. Netanyahu said Witkoff had got it right, and that Hamas was the obstacle to a deal, as reported by Reuters.
Hamas, which had given its response to a US-backed ceasefire proposal on Thursday, has disputed Witkoff's characterisation of the talks and said the negotiators were making progress.
If agreed upon, the proposed ceasefire deal would have lasted 60 days during which additional aid would have been allowed into Gaza. According to the deal, some remaining of the 50 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would have been freed in return for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
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