A Palestinian official says they are keeping their locations secret to avoid embarrassing host states.

Hamas negotiators are not in Doha but the Palestinian militant group's office there has not been permanently closed, Qatar said on Tuesday."The leaders of Hamas that are within the negotiating team are now not 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,