Hamas announced on Tuesday evening its rejection of disarming the resistance or removing it from Gaza, stressing that any arrangements for the future of the Strip will be "through Palestinian national consensus," while Netanyahu announced his decision to begin talks on the second phase of the Gaza agreement next week.

Khalil al-Hayya, head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, said that the movement decided to hand over the bodies of 4 Israeli occupation prisoners on Thursday, February 20, and 6 living prisoners on Saturday, February 22, as part of implementing the provisions of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced the establishment of a special agency for the voluntary departure of Gazans, at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that he must adhere to President Donald Trump's plan for controlling the Gaza Strip.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, mourned the Qassam commander Muhammad Ibrahim Shahin "Abu Al-Baraa" after his martyrdom today, Monday, in an assassination operation carried out by Israel with a drone in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon.

Talks on the second phase of the Gaza deal are expected to begin this week, Trump's envoy has announced. The deal is threatened by Israeli violations that have angered the Egyptian mediator.

Leaders of the Fatah movement, who were released as part of the “Flood of the Free” deal, praised the steadfastness of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, stressing the national partnership with all factions, most notably the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.

The Palestine Chronicle website published an article by university professor Benay Blind, in which she discussed US President Donald Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

On Saturday, the Al-Qassam Brigades and the Al-Quds Brigades handed over 3 Israeli prisoners, including two who hold American and Russian citizenship, to the International Committee of the Red Cross east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) stressed on Thursday the need to immediately start negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement, and held Israel responsible for any delay.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirmed its continued implementation of the ceasefire agreement with Israel, as signed, including the exchange of prisoners according to the specified timetable, while Israeli sources expressed optimism about the continuation of the deal and the release of prisoners on Saturday.