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,

Following a request from the United States, Qatar informed Hamas of the need to shut down its diplomatic office in Doha. This occurred approximately ten days ago, according to The Times of Israel. The US official stated that Hamas' execution of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin,