The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home from Qatar to discuss next steps after Hamas' latest response “shows a lack of desire" to reach a truce,

Witkoff, who traveled to Europe on Wednesday to discuss Gaza and a ceasefire deal, said the group’s latest response in the talks in Doha illustrated its unwillingness to end the fighting.

Hayya, said on Sunday ceasefire negotiations with Israel were "meaningless under continued blockade and starvation". "The immediate and dignified delivery of food and medicine to our people is the only serious and genuine indication of whether continuing the negotiations is worthwhile,

Iran, a close ally and backer of Hamas, dismissed Trump’s remarks as “absolutely baseless”. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei called the claim “a form of projection and evasion of responsibility and accountability” on the US president’s part.

Israeli strikes killed at least 36 Palestinians before U.S. President Donald Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer