US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, announced that Washington had received Hamas’ response, noting that there are some very difficult issues that must be resolved.

Blinken said in his statements on Thursday that the United States is working with Qatar, Egypt, and Tel Aviv to reach a final agreement regarding the detainees, considering that this is possible now.

He added that Washington believes that a deal regarding the prisoners is possible, even if it is surrounded by difficulties.

Blinken stressed that the priority is to recover all detainees from Gaza, and we believe that a deal is possible, even if it is difficult.

Earlier, Hebrew media said that the Prime Minister of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, insists that Tel Aviv will not submit to the imaginary demands of Hamas, according to his claims.

For its part, Maariv newspaper reported that Netanyahu did not authorize an Israeli delegation to go to follow up on the talks, claiming that there was no point in further dialogue until Hamas agreed to change its position on the issue.

Netanyahu indicated that there is no new proposal from Hamas in Cairo regarding the exchange agreement, and that only a change in its position will allow progress to occur.