According to the report, Tel Aviv's response, which was delivered to the mediators, "indicates that despite the harsh public response of the Prime Minister, (Benjamin) Netanyahu, Israel is not closing the door to continuing negotiations on a possible hostage deal."

An Israeli report stated that Tel Aviv delivered to both Cairo and Doha last night its answer to Hamas’ response, and rejected “a large part” of its demands.

This came according to what the Walla website reported this evening, which quoted a senior Israeli official, whom he did not name, that Israel rejected a large part of Hamas’ demands, but expressed its willingness to enter into negotiations on the basis of the proposal that was drawn up in Paris.

According to the report, Tel Aviv's response, which was delivered to the mediators, "indicates that despite the harsh public response of the Prime Minister, (Benjamin) Netanyahu, Israel is not closing the door to continuing negotiations on a possible hostage deal."

The report pointed out that members of the Israeli negotiating team presented, during the “War Cabinet” meeting yesterday, the message they wanted to convey to the mediators regarding Hamas’ response, and the ministers in the “War Cabinet” agreed to it.

According to a high-level Israeli official described in the report, Israel made clear to the mediators that, contrary to Hamas’s demand, it would not agree to the withdrawal of Israeli army forces from the “corridor” south of Gaza City, which divides the Gaza Strip into two parts.

Israel will not agree to the return of residents to the northern Gaza Strip, according to the report, which indicated that despite this; Tel Aviv expressed its readiness to study the withdrawal of Israeli army forces from "city centers" in the Gaza Strip.

Walla website, according to an Israeli official:

- Tel Aviv handed Qatar and Egypt its response to Hamas’ proposal and rejected a large part of the movement’s demands.

- Israel expressed its readiness to negotiate on the basis of the Paris meeting proposal.

- Israel informed the mediators of its refusal to commit to ending the war after completing the implementation of the deal.

- Israel rejected the army's withdrawal from the corridor that divides the Gaza Strip early in the first phase.

- Israel informed the mediators that it would not agree to the return of residents to the northern Gaza Strip.

- Israel expressed its readiness to study the army's withdrawal from city centers in the Gaza Strip.

- Israel made clear to the mediators that it is not ready to discuss lifting the siege on Gaza.

- Israel is working with Egypt and Qatar to reduce the gap, enabling serious negotiations to take place.