"After around a week of talks in Doha, the senior negotiating team will return to Israel for deliberations," writes Netanyahu's office in a statement.
Only a small group at a lower level will remain. It should be seen as a signal that some efforts are still being made to reach a settlement with terrorist-stamped Hamas, write The Jerusalem Post and Haaretz, citing sources.
The sources emphasize that no progress is being made in the talks, which are taking place through mediators, and that nothing indicates that Hamas will change its position. The process is considered "exhausted".
Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Al-Thani, told journalists on Tuesday that the recent weeks' talks have not yielded any further results due to "substantial differences between the parties, writes The Jerusalem Post.
Netanyahu states in the statement that he supports the US envoy Steve Witkoff's proposal for a temporary ceasefire in exchange for around half of the living hostages that Hamas still has.
The relatives' organization Hostages and Missing Families Forum accuses the Israeli government of lacking a plan to free the hostages in Gaza.
"Only if all return at the same time will rehabilitation and recovery be possible for the country and the army. Hamas will not be defeated until the last hostage is back," writes the organization in a statement.
More than 20 hostages are believed to still be alive.
