White House envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Doha on Tuesday evening in an effort to broker a new hostage-release and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, two U.S. officials said. Why it matters: The talks would be the first since President Trump took office and since the original agreement between Israel and Hamas that established a 42-day ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the release of 33 hostages in its first phase,

White House envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to the Middle East on Wednesday to discuss with Israel, Qatar and Egypt the possibility of extending the first phase of the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal.

The White House confirmed Wednesday that American officials have engaged in direct talks with Hamas. “The special envoy who’s engaged in this negotiation does have the authority to talk to anyone. Israel was consulted on this matter,

Israel has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from the U.S., Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced, hours before a suspension of hostilities with Hamas was due to end. If Hamas also accepts the deal offered by White House envoy Steve Witkoff,

The Trump administration is intensifying efforts to secure the release of Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American and the last known living U.S. citizen held by Hamas in Gaza, according to White House Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.

Speaking with journalists outside the White House, Witkoff was asked if there was a deadline to advance a deal to release more hostages before Israel resumes combat operations in the Gaza Strip. “There definitely is such a date,

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US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff appears to walk back the Trump administration’s opposition to the Arab plan for the post-war management of Gaza. Shortly after the plan was presented by Egypt on Tuesday,

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Ukraine was given “fair warning” by the White House before President Donald Trump this week ordered a pause on U.S. military assistance and intelligence sharing with Kyiv.

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the unveiled direct negotiations between the White House and Hamas and how they may reshape the mediated ceasefire deal. Stay tuned for the Friday Focus