A source familiar with the details of the negotiations told the Post that they estimate it is possible to reach an agreement on the release of additional hostages.
Hamas appears to be able to secure de facto ceasefires for Ramadan each year and not have to ever do anything in return.
Hamas reportedly said on Saturday night that it has agreed to extend the ceasefire for two months and will release additional living hostages.
Freed Gaza hostages call on Netanyahu to bring remaining captives home: "Every minute there is hell, every passing moment is a potential death sentence."
Hamas said that Trump's repeated threats against Palestinians are support for Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire and intensify the siege.
Israeli source: No expectation for Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to visit Israel • Sources say 'Hamas has neither accepted nor rejected the Witkoff proposal'
While keeping its true long-term aims under wraps, Hamas might go along with the Egyptian proposals, especially if they emerge as a unified Arab plan.
"We are willing to give a chance of a few days, but we won't let it drag on indefinitely," Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post.
There's something about our nation that stands out amid our collective agony and that no one will ever take away from us: our hope, our resilience, and our spirit.
"We demand to abandon the Witkoff framework and return to the Trump framework – all together or unleash hell on Hamas," the Tikva Forum said in a statement.
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