Hamas-affiliated sources told ynet that "it cannot yet be said that negotiations for a deal have collapsed." According to them, "The situation is not there yet, but everything depends on Netanyahu's decision." They emphasized that Hamas is not giving up its demand for the withdrawal of forces from the Morag axis, which separates Khan Yunis from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, and strongly opposes Israeli proposals to expand the buffer zone "at the expense of Gaza territory."