Israel said that it would send a delegation to Qatar on Monday “in an effort to advance the negotiations” around the ceasefire in Gaza, while Hamas reported “positive signals” in talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on starting negotiations on the truce's delayed second phase.

Senior fellow for Middle East and African Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, Steven Cook joins Katy Tur to provide the latest on President Trump’s hostage negotiator breaking long-standing precedent by meeting with Hamas militants and doubts that the ceasefire will move to phase 2.

Israel's negotiating team left for Qatar Monday for talks aimed at extending the fragile Gaza ceasefire after the authorities cut the Palestinian territory's electricity supply to ramp up pressure on

Israel carried out an air strike in northern Gaza on Sunday, rattling an already fragile ceasefire as fresh talks in Doha are set to take place on Monday. Israel's military said the air strike targeted Hamas terrorists who "were identified operating in proximity to IDF troops and attempting to plant an explosive device in the ground in northern Gaza.

Gaza A team of midlevel Israeli negotiators arrived in Qatar on Monday for indirect negotiations with Hamas on the fate of the Gaza ceasefire and remaining hostages held by the militants, as the two sides remain sharply at odds over the next stage.