Cairo is witnessing intensive talks on implementing the next stages of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, amid "continuous efforts to ensure the implementation of the agreed upon understandings."

This comes at a time when US President Donald Trump confirmed that "talks are going very well" regarding Gaza.

Yesterday, Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the negotiating delegation to head to Cairo to continue the ceasefire and prisoner exchange talks.

While negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire agreement were supposed to begin on February 3, Netanyahu obstructed the matter as he wanted to extend the first phase with the aim of contributing to the release of the largest number of his country's prisoners in Gaza.

The Egyptian State Information Service reported that "two delegations from Israel and Qatar arrived in Cairo to complete negotiations related to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with the participation of representatives from the American side."

The official body explained in a statement that "the concerned parties have begun intensive discussions to discuss the next stages of the ceasefire agreement, amid ongoing efforts to ensure the implementation of the agreed-upon understandings."

She added: "The mediators are discussing ways to enhance the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, as part of efforts to alleviate the suffering of the population and support stability in the region."

In turn, Trump confirmed that the talks on Gaza are "going very well," without going into details.

Asked whether the second phase of the ceasefire agreement would yield results, Trump said at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer: “We’ll see what happens. Nobody really knows, but we’ll see what happens. We have some very good conversations going on.”

For his part, Starmer renewed his support for the two-state solution, considering that it "is ultimately the only way to achieve lasting peace in the region."

The first phase of the ceasefire agreement ends on Saturday evening, but Israel seeks to extend it to recover more than 60 prisoners still in the Gaza Strip. In contrast, Hamas stresses that the continuation of the agreement is contingent on ending the aggression on the Strip and the complete withdrawal of the occupation forces, including from the Salah al-Din axis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said: "The United States and Israel are holding talks to discuss the possibility of extending the first phase of the exchange deal for several additional weeks."

She pointed out that efforts are currently focused on extending the ceasefire to allow for additional rounds of prisoner exchange, suggesting that new negotiations will begin in Doha next week.

For its part, the newspaper "Israel Today" reported that with the end of the first phase of the agreement, "Israel submitted a request to the mediators to increase the number of hostages released in each phase as a condition for extending the first phase, according to which Israel will release Palestinian prisoners, the continuation of the ceasefire, and the entry of supplies into Gaza, including mobile homes."