Reuters said, on Monday, that two American officials told the agency, on the condition that we do not reveal their identities, that CIA Director William Burns is scheduled to meet with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani and the head of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad) in Warsaw on Monday to discuss an agreement. A possible new release of Israeli hostages, held by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, and the two officials spoke on condition of anonymity.

The Axios news website had previously quoted two officials from the United States and Israel that a meeting would be held today.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that new negotiations are underway to recover the hostages held by Hamas after a source said that the head of Israeli intelligence met with the Prime Minister of Qatar, which is mediating in this conflict, while an informed source said that Mossad chief David Barnea met with Al Thani in Europe, late Friday.

On Sunday, two Egyptian sources told Reuters that Hamas insists that it, not Israel, decides the identities of the hostages who will be released in the event of another agreement being implemented, and that it wants Israeli forces to withdraw to pre-determined lines.

According to the sources, Israel rejects the last condition, but it has accepted the first, regarding setting a list of hostages to be released, and has demanded a timetable for reviewing the list before determining the time and duration of the ceasefire.

On the other hand, the Times of Israel quoted Kan News on Saturday evening that Egyptian and Qatari officials had offered a new deal to Hamas in recent days, stipulating the release of the elderly, the sick, and the remaining women and children in exchange for the release of prominent Palestinian prisoners.

It was not clear whether the offer was made after consultations with Israel. While Kan News said that Hamas has not yet responded to the proposal.

Under the previous temporary truce brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States in late November, Hamas released, over the course of about a week, 105 civilians out of about 240 hostages, in exchange for a halt to the fighting, an increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the release of Palestinian prisoners.

Most of the hostages who were released were Israeli women and children, in groups ranging between 10 and 12 individuals per day.

Israel accused Hamas of violating the deal, by "refusing to release at least 10 other women and two children still in the hands of the movement's militants," which led to the collapse of that temporary truce, according to the "Times of Israel."