Today, Sunday, the Hamas movement denied reports about the movement’s decision to suspend indirect negotiations with Israel regarding the exchange of prisoners and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a day after an occupation raid in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, targeting the movement’s military commander, Muhammad Al-Deif, who appears to be... He managed to survive a new Israeli assassination attempt.

Sources participating in the mediation efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip who spoke to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper said that a new round of indirect negotiations will be held this week in Doha between the Hamas movement and the Israeli occupation authorities.

The same sources indicated that the exact date for the resumption of these negotiations or the level of participants has not yet been determined. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (“Kan 11”) reported yesterday, Saturday, that Mossad chief David Barnea intends to go to Qatar this week “to hold talks regarding the hostages.”

A member of the Hamas political bureau, Izzat al-Rishq, confirmed in a statement issued by the movement on its official channel on the Telegram platform that the movement did not withdraw from the ceasefire talks in response to the Al-Mawasi massacre, west of Khan Yunis. He stressed that what was reported in some media outlets “about a Hamas decision to stop negotiations is baseless.”

Al-Rishq accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to obstruct the efforts of Arab mediators and the United States aimed at reaching a ceasefire agreement. He said that the escalation in attacks by Netanyahu and the Israeli government aims to thwart efforts aimed at ending the conflict.

The statement said, "This Nazi escalation against our people by Netanyahu and his Nazi government is one of its goals to block the way to reaching an agreement that stops the aggression against our people, which has become clear to everyone."

Two Egyptian security sources familiar with the ceasefire talks in Doha and Cairo told Reuters on Saturday that the negotiations had stopped after three days of intense talks. Agence France-Presse also quoted two sources it said were senior officials in the movement, saying that Hamas I decided to stop negotiations.

This comes in the wake of the massacre carried out by the Israeli occupation army, yesterday, Saturday, which led to the death of 92 Palestinians and the injury of about 300 others, in the Al-Mawasi camp for the displaced in the southern Gaza Strip, near Khan Yunis. Another raid on the Beach refugee camp in Gaza City resulted in 45 deaths and injuries.

For its part, the Israeli army said that it carried out a raid in the Khan Yunis area targeting Hamas leaders Muhammad al-Deif and Rafie Salama. He added, "The strike was carried out in a closed area run by Hamas," noting that the raid targeted an area housing displaced people in Mawasi Khan Yunis with 8 guided, heavy, high-explosive American bombs.

Hamas pointed to "the lack of seriousness of the occupation and the continuing policy of procrastination and obstruction and the perpetration of massacres against defenseless civilians." Meanwhile, another leader in the movement confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad al-Deif, was “okay” after Israel said that a raid targeted him at the headquarters of the Khan Yunis Brigade, where the regional commander of the al-Qassam Brigades, Rafi’ Salama, was present.

The source, requesting anonymity, explained, "Commander Muhammad Al-Deif is fine and is directly supervising Al-Qassam and resistance operations." Netanyahu announced on Saturday evening that “there is no confirmation” of the killing of the leader of Hamas’ military wing, Muhammad al-Deif, and his assistant, Rafi Salama.

The coastal area of Al-Mawasi is located between Rafah and Khan Yunis, and the army had declared it a “humanitarian zone” and asked the displaced to go there. The World Health Organization estimated last May that there were between 60 and 75 thousand people in miserable conditions.

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on the “X” platform that “the assertion that Gazans can move towards ‘safe’ or ‘humanitarian’ areas is wrong,” stressing that “there is no safe place in Gaza.” .

Hamas responded to Israel's statements about the guest, stressing that "the occupation's allegations about targeting leaders are false allegations, to cover up the scale of the horrific massacre. This is not the first time that the occupation has claimed to target Palestinian leaders and has later proven to be false."

On Saturday, the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, accused Netanyahu of “creating obstacles” that prevented reaching a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, through “the heinous massacres committed by the occupation army,” according to a statement issued by the movement. Haniyeh called on international mediators to take action after the two Israeli raids in Gaza, asking them to "do what is necessary with the American administration and others to stop these massacres."