Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas on Thursday of backtracking on some details of a Gaza ceasefire deal, delaying the Israeli government's approval of it.

"Hamas is backing away from parts of the agreement reached with mediators and Israel in an attempt to extract last-minute concessions," Netanyahu said in a statement, according to Reuters.

He added: "The Israeli government will not meet until the mediators inform Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement."

The Israeli government was scheduled to meet today to give the green light to a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza announced by Doha and Washington, after more than 15 months of war that left tens of thousands dead, widespread destruction and a humanitarian disaster in the Strip.

After more than a year of stumbling, and with the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump approaching on Monday, succeeding Joe Biden, the indirect negotiations taking place in Doha intensified, leading on Wednesday evening to a three-stage agreement stipulating a truce, starting on Sunday, and the release of 33 hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of a thousand Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons, and the entry of more humanitarian aid, according to Agence France-Presse.

In a related context, the Palestinian Al-Aqsa TV revealed that 22 people were killed as a result of Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip since dawn today (Thursday), days before the ceasefire agreement that was announced yesterday came into effect. The channel reported that more than 100 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli shelling of the Strip since dawn yesterday (Wednesday), without mentioning further details.