Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz warned on Wednesday that Israel will intensify its strikes on Gaza if Hamas continues to fire rockets towards Israel.

Katz said in a statement after he visited the Israeli town of Netivot, which was recently targeted by rocket attacks from Gaza, “I would like to deliver a clear message from here to leaders in Gaza: Unless Hamas soon allows the release of all Israeli detainees from Gaza... and if it continues to fire rockets Towards Israel, it will be subject to intense strikes the likes of which Gaza has not witnessed for a long time.”

The Gaza talks reached a dead end, with both Hamas and Israel clinging to some details, which indicates that the agreement was delayed until after the Trump administration took power on January 20, according to the American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal.”

According to the newspaper, Hamas insists on Israel’s commitment to a permanent truce after it had already shown flexibility in this regard, while Israel refused to agree to the release of some Palestinian prisoners whom Hamas demanded to be included in the list.

US President-elect Donald Trump renewed his warning to Hamas to release detainees in Gaza by the time he takes office.

At a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, on Tuesday evening, a CNN correspondent asked Trump if he had recently spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about a potential ceasefire and the detainees deal, which appears to be... The talks on it have faced an obstacle.

Trump responded, saying: “We’ll see what happens,” before adding: “I’ll say it this way: They better let the hostages return soon,” as he put it.

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said on Tuesday that Hamas had requested a truce for a week, so that it could prepare the list of living prisoners requested by Israel.

The authority confirmed that, according to the movement’s proposal, no detainees will be released next week, the Israeli army will remain in Gaza, and the displaced from Gaza will not return to their homes.

She indicated that, according to Hamas’ proposal, she would hand over the required list on the fourth day of the truce.

According to the authority, which quoted an unnamed Palestinian source, Hamas is ready to release 22 of the 34 prisoners on the list, but it refuses to agree to the release of the other 12 hostages.

Instead, the report stated that Hamas offered to release 22 detainees alive and 12 bodies during the first phase of the deal.

The Gaza war broke out after the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which resulted in the deaths of 1,208 people, according to a tally based on official Israeli figures.

The Israeli military operation that began in response to the attack led to the killing of more than 45,000 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health in the Strip.