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Israel, US pull back teams from Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas response

Demonstrators gather to protest against the ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip at the Eindhoven Central Station in Eindhoven on July 24, 2025. [AFP]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel was still seeking a Gaza ceasefire despite recalling its negotiators and the US withdrawing, accusing Hamas of blocking an end to nearly two years of fighting.

Mediators have been shuttling between Israeli and Hamas delegations in Qatar for more than two weeks but the indirect talks have so far failed to yield an elusive truce.

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