The White House confirmed that there was no "collapse" in the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza, and that on the contrary, the parties had made some progress.

"There is no breakdown in the talks, and the parties have made enough progress to move the process into working groups so that there is no need for mediators and leaders to be present," White House National Security Adviser John Kirby said at a news conference on Monday.

"The talks have reached a point where the parties feel the next logical step is to form working groups to work out the details," he added.

Kirby pointed out that there is still a lot of work to be done, and that negotiations between the parties are ongoing.

He said that many important details will be discussed in the working groups, starting from how and where the Israeli army will withdraw, to details related to the prisoner exchange.

In this context, Kirby stressed that the mutual attacks between Hezbollah and Israel did not negatively affect the ceasefire talks and process.

On Sunday, a senior Hamas official, who preferred to remain anonymous, stressed that any agreement must include a permanent ceasefire and a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

He stressed that the proposal presented to them in Cairo does not include these points.

He said that according to the new proposal, which includes Israeli demands, control of the 14-kilometer border between Egypt and Gaza, called the Philadelphi Corridor, is left to Israel, and that the proposal stipulates the continuation of the Israeli military presence in Gaza.

On Sunday evening, Hamas announced that its negotiating delegation had left Cairo after hearing from mediators Egypt and Qatar about the results of the last round of negotiations with Israel.

On Saturday, an Israeli channel said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to the US President to withdraw about one kilometer from the Philadelphi corridor separating the Gaza Strip and Egypt, as a new proposal to reach an agreement leading to a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange with Hamas.

As a result, Netanyahu was criticized by the Israeli opposition and the families of prisoners in Gaza, who held him responsible for obstructing the completion of the deal with Hamas by proposing new conditions.

On August 15 and 16, Doha hosted a round of talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and prisoner exchange. At the conclusion of the talks, the mediators announced that Washington had presented a new agreement proposal to reduce the gaps between Israel and Hamas.

Hamas considered that the American proposal meets Netanyahu's conditions, especially his rejection of a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and his insistence on continuing to occupy the Netzarim Corridor, the Rafah Crossing, and the Philadelphi Corridor. He also set new conditions in the prisoner exchange file, and backed down from other items, which prevents the completion of the exchange deal.

Security officials, the opposition and families of Israeli prisoners accuse Netanyahu of obstructing an agreement for fear of collapsing his government and losing his position, as far-right ministers threaten to withdraw from it and topple it if it accepts an agreement to end the war.