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Thursday, May 22, 2025
Israel said returning its entire negotiating team from Qatar over deadlock in hostage-ceasefire talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to recall the entire Israeli delegation from Qatar due to the continued impasse in indirect negotiations with Hamas for a ceasefire and hostage deal, multiple Hebrew media outlets report.
Some of the outlets quote an unnamed Israeli official saying that Hamas “hasn’t responded to the American proposal that Israel accepted, and is sticking to its refusal [to reach a deal]. If there is a change and Hamas accepts the offer, the delegation will head immediately to wherever needed.”
On Tuesday, Netanyahu announced that high-level members of the negotiating team were returning after a week of “intensive” hostage talks in Doha, while a number of working-level representatives were remaining in the Qatari capital.
The Times of Israel Community.