The negotiations that led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took months and months. At the center of the talks representing the United States was Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.

The Israeli and Hamas negotiators never came face to face - but by the end, just one floor separated them. Ceasefire talks via middlemen from Qatar, Egypt and the US had been dragging on for several months, at times without hope. Now the key players were all inside one building in Doha and the pace was frantic.

The deal between Israel and Hamas to release hostages being held in Gaza and begin a ceasefire was officially signed by negotiators in Doha on Thursday, according to two sources familiar with the issue.

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On Monday, sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, met with a Hamas delegation to discuss the latest developments in the ceasefire negotiations aimed at securing a long-term truce in the Gaza Strip.

Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Hamas leaders, US envoy Steve Witkoff in Doha to discuss progress in Gaza cease-fire talks

Mediators yesterday gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the Israeli offensive in Gaza, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a midnight “breakthrough” in talks attended by envoys of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Rarely if ever have teams of current and new presidents of different parties worked together at such a high-stakes moment.

The Israel-Hamas deal was made possible by 18-hour days and a "remarkable" partnership between Joe Biden and Donald Trump's Mideast envoys -- but even then it seemed it might come

Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, met on Saturday with Netanyahu, after having met on Friday with the Qatari PM.

CAIRO — U.S. and Arab mediators made significant progress overnight toward brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of scores of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but a deal hasn’t been reached yet, officials said Monday.

Qatar's ruler met with Hamas representatives and the Middle East envoys for the incoming and outgoing US administrations on Monday as part of a push to secure a so-far elusive ceasefire deal in Gaza.