U.S. pulls out of Gaza ceasefire talks

from Mondoweiss

The U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said on Monday that the U.S. will consider “alternative options” to negotiating with Hamas following the breakdown of ceasefire talks between Israel and the resistance group. Witkoff’s statements came as part of his announcement of Washington’s withdrawal from the talks in Qatar, only a day after Hamas presented its response to the latest Witkoff proposal.

Witkoff’s statement that the U.S. would find another way of securing “stability” in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages in the Strip was later backed with a similar statement from President Trump, who said on Friday that Hamas “didn’t really want to make a deal.”

Trump added that Hamas leaders “know what happens after we get the final hostages, and so they didn’t want to make a deal.” Trump also said that Hamas “want to die” and that Israel has to “fight and finish the job.”...

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