Israeli media said, on Saturday, that Tel Aviv will not agree to end the war as part of any possible deal with Hamas, contrary to what is being circulated.

Israeli Army Radio quoted an unnamed official as saying that Tel Aviv “will not agree to end the war within any deal with Hamas.”

The Israeli official added, “The army will enter Rafah whether there is a truce to release the kidnappers or not.”

Hebrew media, including the private “12” channel, said on Saturday that there is great optimism that Hamas will provide a “positive” response later today to the Egyptian proposal, after the United States pledged through Egypt and Qatar that the Israeli army will completely withdraw from the Gaza Strip and stop the war in The end of 124 days is the period of the truce.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing increasing pressure not to accept a deal that would lead to ending the war and canceling the military operation in Rafah. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir have previously threatened to dissolve the government if this happens.

Earlier Saturday, the private “Cairo News” channel quoted an unnamed high-ranking source as saying that a Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo, indicating “remarkable progress” in the truce negotiations in Gaza.

Last Monday, the same channel reported that the Hamas delegation left Cairo and would return again with a written response to an Egyptian proposal regarding a truce deal in the Gaza Strip.

On the same day, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry announced, in a speech at an international forum in Riyadh, the presence of a proposal from his country at the negotiating table regarding reaching a truce in Gaza, calling on the Palestinian and Israeli sides to study it, without further details.