Hamas has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being reluctant to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza as Qatar talks enter their second week. The Palestinian militant group’s comments come after Netanyahu returned to Israel without a ceasefire,

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani on Wednesday to discuss negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted on X.

The deal comes more than 20 months into the conflict -- and more than three months after a previous deal ended.

While UN and European officials hope that a cease-fire deal would help ease suffering among the Strip’s population, Israelis worry that as in the

President Donald Trump has ramped up expectations around a possible 60-day ceasefire in the war in Gaza after he said Thursday that a response from Hamas was expected within the next day.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.-backed aid distribution initiative supported by Israel, is currently the primary method for Palestinians in devastated Gaza to access supplies in designated spots after Israel lifted its aid blockade in mid-May.

It was not immediately clear whether the group was demanding any significant changes to the plan for a 60-day truce, hostage-for-prisoner swaps and talks on a permanent end to the Gaza war.

Rucker was recognized for his valor on June 13, 1918, when he helped shoot down multiple German aircraft during an aerial engagement over Luneville. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre with palm. He later settled in St. Louis and died in 1945.