Overview
- Steve Witkoff withdrew the U.S. negotiating team from Doha on July 24, accusing Hamas of failing to act in good faith on a proposed 60-day Gaza ceasefire.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recalled Israel’s negotiators after Hamas raised its demand to 2,200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 10 Israeli hostages.
- Negotiators remain deadlocked over Israeli troop pullbacks, with Israel offering a buffer of up to 1.5 kilometers and Hamas insisting on 800 meters.
- Hamas’s formal response also calls for written guarantees of a permanent end to hostilities and expanded humanitarian corridors into Gaza.
- Today Witkoff meets Israeli minister Ron Dermer and Qatar’s prime minister in Sardinia as mediators seek fresh diplomatic or operational strategies.