The Israeli government is considering, during its weekly meeting today, Sunday, extending the decree that allows the call-up of reserve forces in the Israeli army, and that it will be possible to call up 400,000 reserve personnel.

The government justified such a decision in a statement, saying, “Like 2024, 2025 is expected to be a year of war, and the various fronts, even those where a ceasefire currently prevails, are characterised by instability.”

Therefore, against the backdrop of the ongoing war, and due to the manpower needs of the Israeli army, it is proposed to approve the decree that will allow the continued call-up of reserve soldiers for another three months.”

According to the new decree that will be discussed by the government, it “allows the continued service of reserve soldiers who are in reserve service and are required to continue serving for the purpose of combat and operational work until the date of their release, as will be decided. It will also allow the calling up of other reserve soldiers to replace reserve soldiers who were called up in the past.”

This comes at a time when indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas regarding moving to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement have stopped, after its first phase ended last night. According to the agreement, Israel was required to begin withdrawing from the Philadelphi corridor yesterday, and withdraw its forces from the Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that he would stop the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, citing a proposal made by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, which he claimed Israel had agreed to and Hamas had rejected.

Witkov's proposal includes a plan for a temporary ceasefire during the month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover holiday, and that on the first day of implementing this proposal, half of the Israeli prisoners will be released, and in the event of reaching a permanent ceasefire, the remaining Israeli prisoners will be released.

For its part, Hamas stressed that "the terrorist occupation's allegations regarding the movement's violation of the ceasefire agreement are misleading and baseless allegations, aiming to cover up its daily violations that have led to the deaths of more than a hundred martyrs, disrupting the humanitarian protocol, and preventing the entry of shelter and relief supplies," warning that this "intensifies the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza."

Hamas added that "Netanyahu and his government's behavior contradicts Article 14 of the agreement, which stipulates that the procedures of the first stage will continue in the second stage, and that the guarantors will exert their efforts to ensure the continuation of the talks."

It is noteworthy that the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement stipulates that throughout the 42 days of the first phase, extensive humanitarian aid will be brought into the Gaza Strip.

Israel claims that the aid brought into the Strip will be sufficient for the next five months.

Article 14 of the agreement stipulates that the ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid will continue during negotiations on the second phase of the agreement as well.