Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday also rejected calls by President Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population.

Senior fellow for Middle East and African Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, Steven Cook joins Katy Tur to provide the latest on President Trump’s hostage negotiator breaking long-standing precedent by meeting with Hamas militants and doubts that the ceasefire will move to phase 2.

Israel is reportedly seeking a six-week extension to the first phase of the ceasefire. Hamas is opposed to this.

Ahead of the negotiations, Israel disconnected the only power line to a water desalination plant in Gaza, a move Hamas denounced as "cheap and unacceptable blackmail".

Israel carried out an air strike in northern Gaza on Sunday, rattling an already fragile ceasefire as fresh talks in Doha are set to take place on Monday. Israel's military said the air strike targeted Hamas terrorists who "were identified operating in proximity to IDF troops and attempting to plant an explosive device in the ground in northern Gaza.

Gaza A team of midlevel Israeli negotiators arrived in Qatar on Monday for indirect negotiations with Hamas on the fate of the Gaza ceasefire and remaining hostages held by the militants, as the two sides remain sharply at odds over the next stage.