US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff defends the Trump administration’s decision to launch direct talks with Hamas, breaking with longstanding policy not to negotiate with the ...

Hamas’ treatment of the hostages it has been holding in captivity in the Gaza Strip is "intolerable," U.S. envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Thursday, warning that "it's not going to ...

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff looks on, at the White House, in Washington, US, February 3, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/ELIZABETH FRANTZ) US President Donald Trump's Middle ...

White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff told CNN on Sunday that he will travel to the Middle East later in the week to discuss an extension to phase one of the hostage and ceasefire deal ...

Israel has agreed to a temporary ceasefire extension proposal from President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, for the period around the Muslim Ramadan and Jewish Passover ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said that direct U.S. discussions with Hamas militants were in recent days and the message to the Palestinian militant ...

Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, may travel to the region on Sunday if indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on a second phase of a ceasefire deal show ...

"It's hard to square the circle," Witkoff said of Hamas' demand to stop the war and Israel's demand that Hamas not be part of the government in the Gaza Strip. L to R: US Middle East envoy Steve ...

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff told reporters at the White House that the Trump administration is “now in discussions to coordinate a meeting with the Ukrainians in Riyadh or even potentially ...