Hamas officials have left the Qatari capital Doha, but the Palestinian group's office in the Gulf country has not yet been closed down, a Qatari foreign ministry spokesman said. "The leaders of Hamas that are within the negotiating team are now not in Doha,

Hamas negotiators are not in Doha but the Palestinian militant group's office there has not been permanently closed, Qatar has said

Qatar's foreign ministry clarified that the Hamas political office in Doha has not been closed permanently. The statement comes amid reports suggesting otherwise. Qatari spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari stated that while the Hamas negotiating team leaders are not currently in Doha,

Qatar agreed in recent weeks to kick Hamas out of its country following a request from the US to do so, capping off months of failed attempts to try to get the militant group – whose top leaders reside in the Qatari capital of Doha – to accept a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war,