The Israeli negotiating team is on its way to Egypt's capital Cairo since Benjamin Netanyahu approved continued Gaza talks, according to the Prime Minister's office on Thursday afternoon.
Exactly what they will discuss is unclear – and also how the whole thing will unfold. Earlier on Thursday, an Israeli official stated in a statement to the press that Israel does not intend to leave the disputed Philadelphia corridor in southern Gaza, which means a breach of the ceasefire agreement.
According to the agreement, Israel was supposed to start withdrawing from the corridor during the end of the first phase of the ceasefire, which expires this weekend.
"We will not leave the Philadelphia corridor. We will not allow Hamas murderers to move freely along our border with pickups and weapons," said the official, who spoke anonymously in line with Israel's military rules, according to The Times of Israel.
"And we will not allow them to rearm themselves through smuggling."
According to Israel, the strategically important corridor, along the border between Gaza and Egypt, is used by the terrorist-stamped Hamas to bring in weapons.
Hamas, which earlier on Thursday called on Israel to resume talks, responds to Israel's move by claiming that all attempts to maintain a buffer zone in the Philadelphia corridor constitute "flagrant violations" of the ceasefire agreement.
