Storyline: An Israeli delegation will travel to Qatar's Doha on Tuesday for talks on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced Monday. In a statement, Netanyahu said the negotiations will take place "only under fire", reiterating his government's policy of continuing military pressure during talks. The announcement followed a meeting in Jerusalem between Netanyahu, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. According to Netanyahu's office, the meeting focused on advancing a hostage release agreement before Israel launches a planned expanded military operation in Gaza, which will involve intensifying raids, seizing and occupying areas in Gaza, and displacing the enclave's population to a narrow area in the south. After the meeting, Netanyahu spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump and thanked him for helping secure the release of Edan Alexander, an Israeli-U.S. hostage who Hamas said had been freed on Monday as part of efforts to secure a ceasefire and reopen border crossings for aid delivery. Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official and head of the group's negotiating team, said in a statement that Hamas is prepared to begin intensive negotiations immediately and engage seriously in talks aimed at ending the war, reaching a prisoner exchange deal, carrying out reconstruction, ending the blockade, and establishing an independent, professional body to govern the Gaza Strip to ensure that the region stays calm and stable for many years to come. According to Gaza's health authorities, Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 52,862 people since October 2023. 　 The United States informed Israel on Sunday that Hamas would release Alexander, a U.S. born soldier in the Israeli army, who was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, in a Hamas-led raid on southern Israel that resulted in the kidnapping of 251 people and the killing of about 1,200 others. Alexander is the last surviving hostage with U.S. citizenship, out of the remaining 59 hostages in Gaza, of whom Israel believes at least 21 are still alive. Shotlist: FILE: Doha, Qatar - Date Unknown: 1. National flag of Qatar 2. Various of buildings, traffic FILE: Tel Aviv, Israel - June 2021: 3. National flag of Israel FILE: Israel - Nov 1, 2022: 4. Various of Israeli Parliament Knesset, national flag of Israel atop parliament building FILE: Washington D.C., USA - October 2024: 5. Various of White House, national flag of U.S. atop FILE: Gaza Strip - January 2025: 6. Vehicles carrying belongings of displaced Palestinians 7. Various of displaced Palestinians. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]