Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has reestablished contact with hostage-ceasefire deal mediators in Qatar after weeks of silence that had stirred speculation he might have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, according to multiple reports Monday, Paralel.Az reports citing Times of Israel.

Sinwar cut off contact because he believed Israel was uninterested in reaching a deal, unnamed sources with knowledge of the negotiations told the Channel 12 news site.