U.S. Cuts Short Gaza Ceasefire Talks And Accuses Hamas Of Lacking ‘Good Faith’

WASHINGTON (AP) – United States, after the next step after the next step after the next step after the next step to discuss the next steps to discuss the short Gaza cease -fire talks and the negotiation team from Qatar to the house, President Donald Trump’s special ambassador to reach the ceasefire shows lack of desire to reach the ceasefire Steve Witkoff He said Thursday.

Witkoff said in a statement, “While the mediators make great efforts, Hamas does not seem to act in coordination or goodwill,” he said. “Now we will discuss alternative options to bring hostages home and try to create a more stable environment for the people of Gaza.”

Foreign Ministry spokesman Tommy Pigott would not offer details about the “alternative options ıs of the US’s free hostages held by the militant group.

Hamas said that Witkoff was surprised by his “negative words ve and showed responsibility and flexibility on the negotiation track. He added that it is willing to reach an agreement that ends the aggression and pain of our people in Gaza ”.

A breakthrough in the ceasefire agreement between them Israel and Hamas After the 21 -month war, he escaped from the Trump administration Humanitarian conditions worsened in Gaza. The movement of Thursday, Trump, who tries to position him as peaceful and promised the broker agreements in conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza.

When the United States was published on whether it would continue to look for a ceasefire and how to progress, Pigott did not offer clarity and said to journalists, “This is a very dynamic situation.”

He said that the US commitment to reach the ceasefire was never a question and that Hamas was flawed.

The parties reported signs of small progress in Qatar for weeks, but there are no big breakthroughs. Authorities said that after any ceasefire, Israeli troops were re -deployed.

Witkoff said that the United States was “stable ve and was“ a shame that Hamas acts in a selfish way ”to put an end to the conflict in Gaza.

The White House had no comment.

Hamas said in a statement early on Friday, Palestinian groups, mediators and countries in the region after extensive consultations with the last answer, he said. This said that he was involved in a positive way with all explanations that reflect a “real commitment ıyla to make the efforts of the intermediaries successful and to“ address it in a constructive manner ”with the initiatives presented.

Hamas said he confirmed that he was re -confirming that öyle continuing negotiations and participating in a way that will alleviate the obstacles and reach a permanent ceasefire ”.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early hours on Thursday He remembered the negotiation team In the light of Hamas’s response. In a short statement, Netanyahu’s office Witkoff and other interfaces said he appreciated the efforts of Egypt, but did not give any more details.

The controversial agreement was expected to contain the first 60 -day ceasefire of Hamas. 10 LIVING HOSPITAL And the remains of 18 people in exchange for the Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The help materials would rise and the two sides would negotiate at a permanent ceasefire.

The talks fell on opponent demands to end the war. Hamas said that he would only release all hostages in exchange for the withdrawal of Israel and the end of the war. Israel said that Hamas would not agree to end the conflict until Hamas gave up the power and disintegrations. The militant group says he is ready to leave the power but did not deliver his weapons.

Hamas is believed to keep hostages in different places, including tunnels, and says that if the Israeli forces approached, they have ordered their guards to kill them.

Trump attracted very little secrets of the fact that he wanted to buy Nobel Peace Award. For example, he promised to negotiate quickly. Russian War in UkraineHowever, very little progress was made.

In the war in Gaza, Trump He met with Netanyahu in the White House This month, he put his weight in a pressure to reach an agreement.

However, despite a partnership that was further strengthened by their countries Common strikes in IranHe abandoned the Israeli leader Washington without any breakthrough.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Witkoff would go to the Middle East for talks at the beginning of the week, but US officials said that later Witkoff would go to Europe instead. It was not clear whether he had a meeting there on Thursday.

The release of the negotiations, Israel’s blockade and military attack Gaza To the brink of famineAccording to aid groups. The UN Food Agency says that approximately 100,000 women and children suffer from severe, acute malnutrition and that the Gaza Ministry of Health has reported an increase in hunger deaths.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday, authorities from Germany and France, how to take food to people who need urgent foods and take steps to take steps to create a permanent peace, he said.

“The pain and hunger in Gaza cannot be explained and indisputable,” he said. The three European countries “all agree that Israel will change the course and allow the help required to enter Gaza desperately without delay.”

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday France would recognize Palestine as a state“Today, the urgent thing is the stopping of the war in Gaza and the rescue of the civilian population.”

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney condemns the Canadian Israeli government in Gaza’s rapidly worsening humanitarian disaster in Gaza, ”he said. “A two -state solution that guarantees peace and security for the Israelis and Palestinians”.

Israel remained under the pressure of assembly with the country compatible with the 28 West Call to end the war And he harshly criticizes Israel’s blockade and a new aid distribution model. More than 100 Aid and Human Rights Group Published a similar letterto say that even their staff is struggling to get enough food.

The United States and Israel rejected the allegations and accused Hamas for extending the war by refusing the conditions for the ceasefire.

Israel said it allows enough assistance and accused the UN agencies for not distributing it. However, these agencies say that it was almost impossible to deliver it safely because of Israeli restrictions and the deterioration of the law and order, and the crowds that emptied thousands of Gza trucks moved to Gaza.

A separate Israel and US -backed system carried out by an American contractor Shaded by chaos.

“Of course, we want to see the end of the destruction in Gaza, Pig said Pigott. “That’s why we supported the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. So we saw that 90 million foods were distributed.”

Krauss reported from Ortawa, Ontario. Associated Press writers Josef Federman and Julia Frankel in Jerusalem, Sarah El Deeb in Beirut and Farnoush supervisor in New York contributed to this report.