Trump argued that "Hamas didn’t want to make a deal" in a statement to the press at the White House. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel and the US are considering alternative options for bringing the hostages home in a Friday statement,

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday it was recalling its Gaza negotiating team to Israel for consultations, a day after the Palestinian group Hamas handed its response on a ceasefire proposal to mediators.

Israel still believes Hamas is ultimately interested in a deal, “but they’re trying to squeeze every possible advantage, provoking and appeasing all the extremist factions within Gaza,” Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees the militant Palestinian group Hamas as an "obstacle" to an agreement following the latest setback in indirect negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza war.

Calling Hamas unwilling to negotiate, President Trump urged Israel to "clean it up" in Gaza and "finish the job," after US-brokered truce talks broke down and hostilities resumed.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest in April, saying the move undercut the court’s ability to bring suspects to justice.

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Donald Trump wants the war in Gaza solved, but the possibility of a ceasefire deal has moved only a few inches toward the finish line.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government suffered a serious blow on Tuesday when an ultra-Orthodox party announced it was bolting the coalition. While this doesn’t immediately threaten Netanyahu’s rule,

President Donald Trump was caught by surprise last week by Israeli actions in Gaza and Syria, and in both instances phoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “rectify” the matter, according to the White House.