JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear that the Palestinian militants did not want a deal.

President Donald Trump was caught by surprise last week by Israeli actions in Gaza and Syria, and in both instances phoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “rectify” the matter, according to the White House.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president Donald Trump appeared yesterday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying it had become clear the Palestinian militants did not want a deal.

EXCERPT: Netanyahu and Trump have seemingly halted Gaza ceasefire talks amid worsening crisis, saying Hamas doesn’t want to make a deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President

The images of skeletal children that are now pouring out of Gaza are shocking but they should not be surprising. Humanitarian groups with decades of experience distributing aid in the Strip have been warning about this scenario for months,

For months, aid agencies had warned of the coming crisis, as Israel halted the flow of aid to the Gaza Strip before attempting to replace U.N. relief efforts with distribution points inside military zones.

Militants “didn’t want to make” a deal, Trump said after U.S., Israeli ceasefire negotiators pulled back from talks.