After the end of the negotiations, the Palestinian Resistance Hamas affirmed that the negotiations ended “a short while ago, and the delegation will leave Cairo tonight, to consult with the movement’s leadership in Doha.”

It further stated that its delegation handed its response to the mediator in Egypt and Qatar after in-depth and serious talks took place.

It noted that it would act “with all positivity, responsibility, and our keenness and determination to reach an agreement that meets the national demands of our people and ends the aggression completely.”

Al Mayadeen has obtained a copy of the Palestinian Resistance leadership's letter to the leaders of the Palestinian factions. The letter expresses commitment to continuing negotiations positively to fulfill the legitimate demands and goals of the Palestinians.

The Palestinian Resistance left Cairo after a round of negotiations, serious discussions, and give-and-take interactions regarding the final submitted document, the letter said.

Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported about martyrs and wounded from an Israeli airstrike on an UNRWA school in the Nuseirat camp, central Gaza. 

This comes hours after the head of Hamas' Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, stated that an end to the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people is an "essential and rational" prerequisite to a mediated deal.

Haniyeh affirmed the Islamic Resistance movement's positive approach to the current round of negotiations in Cairo. Hamas discussed the issue with Palestinian factions and mediators, holding "concentrated meetings" among its leaders in Gaza and elsewhere, before sending its negotiating delegation to Egypt, Haniyeh added. 

Haniyeh also criticized the United States government for providing the needed political cover for the Israeli regime's crimes, saying that it should be responsible for stopping the war instead of "supplying it with weapons of destruction and annihilation."

Shortly before this update, during a video message broadcast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that he was 'ready' to reach a ceasefire and get the captives released through a deal with the Palestinian Resistance, which he claimed made unacceptable demands including a permanent ceasefire that would put an end to the war. 

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"Hamas continues making extreme demands. Their main demand is that we withdraw all our troops from the Gaza Strip, put an end to the war, and leave Hamas alone. The State of Israel cannot accept these terms," Netanyahu said. 

However, he said his cabinet would never give up on its military objectives in Gaza, adding that their withdrawal means "Israel's" capitulation and "a huge victory for Hamas, Iran."

"Israel was and is still ready to make a deal on a pause in fighting to ensure the release of our kidnapped people. We did this to free 124 hostages and then we were back to fighting. We have spent the past few weeks working around the clock to reach a deal that will bring the kidnapped back," he stressed.