ICAIRO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the US recalled their negotiating teams, throwing the future of the negotiations into further uncertainty. Netanyahu’s statement came as a Hamas official said negotiations were expected to resume next week and portrayed the recall of the Israeli and American delegations as a pressure tactic.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday that Israel was reviewing Hamas' response to the latest Gaza cease-fire proposal after Hamas announced it had submitted…

The US is looking at ‘alternative options to bring the hostages home’, Witkoff says, with a breakthrough in negotiations remaining elusive.