It was reported that Israel objected to the "permanent" statement regarding the ceasefire in Hamas' offer and opposed ending the war after the release of the prisoners.
According to Israel's Walla news platform, the war cabinet, through Mossad, which participated in the negotiations, rejected the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement proposal offered by Hamas in its current form and approved its objections to some articles. Israel declared its intention to return to negotiations.
A senior Israeli official shared that, contrary to Hamas's request, the Israeli army refused to withdraw from its position on the line dividing Gaza in half in the first phase of the agreement and to allow the Palestinian population to return to the north of Gaza.
Israel, which conveyed to the mediators that it might consider withdrawing its army from the city centers in the Gaza Strip, stated that it objected to the "permanent" statement regarding the ceasefire in Hamas's offer and that it opposed ending the "war" after the release of the prisoners.
The Tel Aviv administration, which did not accept the clause of lifting the blockade in the Gaza Strip in Hamas's offer, conveyed to the mediators that it was not possible to release senior Palestinian figures in Israeli prisons, as requested by Hamas.
In its response to the mediators, Israel also noted that Hamas added to the agreement proposal that "Israel's violations in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the situation of Palestinian prisoners in prisons and changing the conditions of their release are unacceptable demands and cannot be included in the agreement."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who announced that they would not accept Hamas' offer of a three-stage ceasefire and mutual prisoner exchange, each lasting 45 days, said that he had instructed the army to prepare for an attack on the Rafah region in the south of Gaza.
The US State Department had assessed that it would be a "disaster" if Israel launched an attack on Rafah, where the civilian population took shelter in the south of Gaza.
