Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to convene a meeting of the security cabinet on Monday to discuss the second phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas.

On January 19, the agreement went into effect. It includes 3 stages, each lasting 42 days. During the first, negotiations will be held to begin the second stage, with the mediation of Egypt and Qatar and the support of the United States.

Israel is obstructing the start of negotiations for the second phase, which were supposed to begin on the sixteenth day of the agreement’s entry into force, and which reached its twenty-ninth day on Monday.

"Prime Minister Netanyahu informed Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's special envoy, in a phone call that he will convene the political-security cabinet tomorrow (Monday) to discuss the second phase of the agreement," Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Sunday.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth indicated that the statement from Netanyahu's office was issued shortly after a statement made by Witkov.

Witkov said that "fruitful and constructive" talks were held regarding the implementation of the "second stage," despite Netanyahu's denial that there were any current negotiations on this matter.