The Israeli delegation arrived in the Qatari capital, Doha, at dawn on Sunday, to hold talks on the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the second phase of the prisoner exchange deal, as the negotiations are taking place within the framework of the talks being held by mediators between Hamas and Israel.

The Israeli delegation includes the coordinator of prisoners and missing persons affairs, reserve brigadier general Gal Hirsch, and the former deputy head of the Shin Bet security service, whose name was not revealed, according to Israeli media reports.

Regarding the powers of the Israeli delegation that arrived in Doha, it is not authorized to discuss the second phase of the deal, according to what the official Israeli radio reported.

She explained that the mandate given to the delegation by the Israeli political level, represented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, so far is only a mandate to discuss the continuation of the first phase of the deal.

Netanyahu is deliberately procrastinating and wants to extend the first phase of the deal for as long as possible, noting that it has entered its fourth week, with a duration of 42 days.

Haaretz newspaper reported, quoting a senior official who accompanied the prime minister on his tour to Washington, that Netanyahu will not commit to implementing the second phase of the agreement without eliminating Hamas.

It is noteworthy that negotiations on the mechanism for implementing the second phase of the agreement were scheduled to begin last Monday, i.e. on the 16th day of the ceasefire.

These developments come after US President Donald Trump revealed, during a press conference with Netanyahu at the White House, his intention to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians from it, which sparked widespread regional and international rejection.

Following that, Trump said that he was "in no hurry" to implement his controversial plan to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians from it.

This came as angry international reactions continue regarding the proposal to displace and seize Gaza, which Trump put forward a few days ago.

On January 19, a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement went into effect in three stages, each lasting 42 days. During the first, negotiations were held to start the second and third, with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt and the support of the United States.

With American support, between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, Israel committed genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 159,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.