Qatar has served as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. But the Gulf monarchy has also come under scrutiny for its ties to the terrorist group, since many senior Hamas leaders reside in Doha. Negotiations have continued off-and-on since last November’s hostage deal, which resulted in the release of 105 hostages.

Those talks succeeded in a week-long deal last November, but they have failed to secure a permanent ceasefire or the release of the remaining 101 hostages. A US official tells The Times of Israel that Hamas’s late August execution of American-Israeli ...

Qatar agreed in recent weeks to kick Hamas out of its country following a request from the US to do so, capping off months of failed attempts to try to get the militant group – whose top leaders reside in the Qatari capital of Doha – to accept a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war,

"After rejecting repeated proposals to release hostages, its leaders should no longer be ... the U.S. Doha has come under criticism from within the U.S. and Israel over its ties to Hamas since Oct. 7. Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman ...