Washington says militant group’s rejection of deal to release Israeli hostages meant its presence was no longer ‘viable’

Qatar, designated as a major non-NATO ally by Washington, has hosted Hamas' political leaders since 2012 as part of an agreement with the US.

The Qatari government has agreed to kick Hamas out of its country following a request from the United States in response to the U.S.-designated terrorist group’s repeated refusal to agree to a ceasefire deal that would end its war with Israel.

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,