Trump argued that "Hamas didn’t want to make a deal" in a statement to the press at the White House. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel and the US are considering alternative options for bringing the hostages home in a Friday statement,

The Trump administration has expressed frustration with Israeli actions in recent days.

President Trump signaled on Friday that after the breakdown in negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should escalate the war in order to "get rid" of Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees the militant Palestinian group Hamas as an "obstacle" to an agreement following the latest setback in indirect negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza war.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Thursday it was recalling its Gaza negotiating team to Israel for consultations, a day after the Palestinian group Hamas handed its response on a ceasefire proposal to mediators.

Israel still believes Hamas is ultimately interested in a deal, “but they’re trying to squeeze every possible advantage, provoking and appeasing all the extremist factions within Gaza,” Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post on Friday.

Calling Hamas unwilling to negotiate, President Trump urged Israel to "clean it up" in Gaza and "finish the job," after US-brokered truce talks broke down and hostilities resumed.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court reported Hungary to the court’s oversight organization for failing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest in April, saying the move undercut the court’s ability to bring suspects to justice.

Donald Trump wants the war in Gaza solved, but the possibility of a ceasefire deal has moved only a few inches toward the finish line.

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France has become the first G7 nation to announce that it will recognize independent Palestinian statehood as Gaza nears the brink of famine.