The Israeli authorities is to withdraw its complete negotiating staff from talks in Doha aimed toward a ceasefire within the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

Excessive-level members of the staff had been recalled to Israel on Tuesday, with solely members of the working-level staff remaining within the Qatari capital, in line with data from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace.

The households of the hostages nonetheless held in Gaza expressed sturdy criticism of the transfer.

Factors of battle between the events embrace that the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas is demanding the tip to hostilities in alternate for releasing the remaining hostages.

Israel will solely conform to this if Hamas lays down its arms and its management leaves the Gaza Strip. Hamas has rejected these calls for.