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 ...

Source seems to deny decision followed US pressure, telling ToI it was due to repeated demonstrations by both Israel and Hamas that they weren't interested in good faith talks The post Diplomat says Qatar quitting Gaza mediation role,

It will not return as a mediator until both sides show ‘a sincere willingness to return to the negotiating table’.