On Sunday, Hamas published an official statement rejecting the terms for a hostage release-ceasefire deal which were discussed in Doha on Thursday and Friday, blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for putting up new obstacles in the talks. Per the local news agency Times of Israel

Netanyahu is to host visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday. Blinken is then set to fly to Cairo, where talks on a deal are ongoing. The US has said that it intends to host a second meeting later this week and wants to finalize an agreement by the end of the week.