Announcement comes amid pressure from Arab mediators for terror group to soften its response to Witkoff proposal, but statement doesn't specify whether that response has been revised

Saudi Arabia said Israel's refusal to allow delegation of Arab ministers into occupied West Bank showed 'extremism and rejection of peace' The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Sunday it was ready to "immediately" hold a fresh round of negotiations for a truce in Gaza after recent talks appeared to hit a dead end.

The U.S. government is awaiting a response from Hamas to a U.S. ceasefire proposal in Israel, which the Israeli government has already accepted.

A senior Hamas official criticized the United States for treating Israel's demands as the "only response for negotiation," calling it a violation of "the integrity and fairness of mediation" in ceasefire talks.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy expressed optimism about brokering an agreement to halt the Israel-Hamas war.