Sources deny Gaza ceasefire talks are slated to resume next week

By Jacob Magid

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25 July 2025, 4:44 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Demonstrators take part in a rally calling for a deal to end the war and free all the hostages, in Tel Aviv, July 24, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

A source involved in the mediation effort and an Arab diplomat deny that hostage negotiations have been scheduled to resume next week after the US and Israel pulled their negotiating teams from Doha due to frustration with Hamas’s latest response.

Egyptian media reported earlier today that talks would still pick back up next week, and Hamas official Bassem Naim told reporters the same.

But the two sources involved in mediation efforts say nothing has been scheduled yet and that Egypt and Qatar are still waiting for directions from US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff.