Hebrew Channel 12 quoted a senior "Israeli" official as saying, "Biden's speech would change the rules of the game, regardless of Hamas' response."

The official added, "Biden was keen to clarify the message that if Israel rejects the proposal, it will bear the consequences."

For its part, the British newspaper The Times quoted the chief advisor to the occupation prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as saying, “Biden gave a political speech for incomprehensible reasons.”

He added: "We do not reject the deal, but there will be no permanent ceasefire until we achieve all our goals."

Earlier yesterday, Saturday, an Israeli political source claimed that Tel Aviv had agreed to a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, which includes the release of 33 detainees “dead or alive” in the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the Israeli proposal announced by US President Joe Biden, despite Occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his adherence to his conditions for ending the war in Gaza.

The official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation quoted the unnamed source as saying, “Tel Aviv agreed to a deal that includes the first phase releasing 33 detainees, dead or alive, while the second phase includes ending the war.”

According to the source, the proposal announced by US President Joe Biden, in the first phase, which will last 42 days, includes “the release of detainees, alive or dead, including soldiers, women, and adults.”

The source said: “The detainees will be released in batches for 6 weeks, at the end of which negotiations will begin between Israel and Hamas on a permanent ceasefire, that is, the end of the war, and then the second phase of the deal will begin.”

In the second stage, according to the Israeli source, “all the detained prisoners, including soldiers and men, will be released, but this will not happen unless there is an agreement to completely stop the war between the two parties.”

The source indicated to the Broadcasting Corporation, “In the third stage, all the bodies of the detainees will be released.”

The source pointed out that one of the important differences between Israel and Hamas, which has not yet been resolved, is “the issue of the identity of the prisoners who will be released in the first stage, which the Israeli proposal did not provide an answer to at this stage.”

On Friday evening, Biden, whose country provides absolute support to Tel Aviv in its war on Gaza, claimed that Israel had presented a three-stage proposal, including a ceasefire in Gaza, the release of detainees, and the reconstruction of the Strip.

Contrary to what was stated in Biden’s speech, Netanyahu’s office said that the latter “insists on not ending the war on the Gaza Strip until all its goals are achieved.”

Meanwhile, the Hamas movement said that it would deal "positively with any proposal based on a permanent ceasefire, complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, the return of the displaced, and the completion of a serious prisoner exchange deal."

Netanyahu insists on a temporary ceasefire, without ending the war or withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, while Hamas demands an end to the war, the withdrawal of the Israeli army, the return of the displaced, intensification of relief, and the start of reconstruction, within any prisoner exchange agreement.

Biden's talk about this proposal comes despite Israel's earlier rejection of another proposal presented by Egypt and Qatar, and Hamas and the Palestinian factions announced its approval of it on May 6.