Walla quoted Israeli officials as saying that sending the negotiating team to Doha is a "last-minute attempt to advance the deal negotiations."

Israeli officials also indicated that significant progress in the deal negotiations prompted Israel to send its delegation to Doha.

Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the coordinator for prisoners and missing persons affairs informed their families that the news about the deal negotiations reaching a dead end was not true, indicating that the negotiations are continuing amidst a state of blackout.

He added - in his speech to the families of the detainees - that the negotiations aim to return everyone despite the government's refusal to end the war, according to his description.