On Wednesday, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that both Israel and Palestinian movement Hamas had stopped participating in ceasefire negotiations about a month ago.
"We hope now that there is a party on the other side [in Hamas] that is willing to engage in conversations [on ceasefire]," Miller said.
There was a ceasefire agreement that the Israeli party had agreed on, the official added.
"Israel has agreed to a ceasefire proposal we had put on a table and Hamas didn’t accept it. They came back with provisions that they wanted to change … We had bridge differences between the two parties. Hamas walked away. So I can’t tell you what the government of Israel is going to do," Miller said.
Washington also hopes it is in Israel’s interest to find a mutually acceptable agreement to put an end to the ongoing hostilities, Miller added.
In September, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said it was continuing efforts to achieve a ceasefire agreement in the Palestinian enclave.
A representative of the Hamas political leadership in Lebanon, Ayman Shanaa, previously told Sputnik that the leadership saw no point in negotiations on the exchange of prisoners until a complete ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip. He noted that the movement was ready for a ceasefire, but due to the position of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the talks were fruitless.