Biden: Netanyahu isn't doing enough to get a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal

• The group "discussed next steps in the ongoing effort to secure the release of hostages, including continuing consultations with co-mediators Qatar and Egypt," according to a White House readout of the meeting.
• White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday told families of U.S. hostages held in Gaza that Biden is considering presenting Israel and Hamas a final proposal for a hostage-release and ceasefire in Gaza deal later this week, Axios previously reported.
• Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for Hamas armed wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, commented for the first time Monday on the hostages' murder with an apparent confirmation.

What's happening: Six hostages held in Gaza, including U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were murdered by Hamas in recent days, Israeli and U.S. officials said.

• Their bodies were recovered by Israeli soldiers on Saturday. The Israeli Ministry of Health said autopsies showed the hostages were shot dead from a short distance.
• At least three of the hostages would have been released during the first phase of the possible deal.

State of play: Ahead of the situation room meeting with his team, Biden confirmed he was "very close" to presenting a final proposal.

• Asked if Netanyahu is doing enough, Biden said: "No."

Netanyahu said during a press conference Monday he didn't see Biden's comments. He noted that on Aug. 19, Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Israel accepted the U.S.-backed "bridging proposal" for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, and called on Hamas to join.

• Netanyahu mentioned Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on Aug. 28 that Israel showed seriousness in the negotiations and it is now Hamas' turn.
• But Cohen didn't compare Israel and Hamas, and only said Hamas' leader Yahya Sinwar is the one who will make the decision about the hostage and ceasefire deal.
• "What happened in the five days since then? Six of our hostages were murdered by Hamas. So after this terrible murder, I can't believe anybody serious would say that now Israel should make more concessions. I don't believe President Biden said that," Netanyahu said

• Netanyahu also said the Israeli Defense Forces will not leave the Philadelphi corridor, along the Egypt-Gaza border, in the foreseeable future. "My message to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is: forget about it," he said.

Before leaving the White House to Pittsburgh Monday afternoon, Biden was asked by reporters to comment on Netanyahu's remarks about the Philadelphi corridor.

• "We are still negotiating" the final proposal. "We are not negotiating with [Netanyahu], I am negotiating with my colleagues and with Egypt and Qatar," Biden said.
• The president's comments suggested that the final bridging proposal will be presented to the parties without further U.S. consultation with Israel.

A US. official said earlier Monday that Sullivan spoke on the phone with the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and with the Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.

• They discussed the efforts to conclude a hostage and ceasefire deal.
• Mossad director David Barnea visited Doha Monday and met with the Qatari prime minister to discuss the Gaza hostage deal, an Israeli official said.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional developments.