Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recommended moving forward in implementing the first phase of the exchange deal within the Gaza Agreement, after the end of the deadline for US President Donald Trump Hamas regarding the release of all Israeli hostages. 

The sources added that Netanyahu will demand that the deal be accelerated, and the release of 6 neighborhood detainees next week, while part of the mobile houses (caravans) will be allowed to enter Gaza.

The sources revealed "an American understanding of this Israeli trend."

This comes on the eve of a meeting between Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump Envoy for the Middle East Stephen Witkev, he will focus on the need to start researching the second stage of the deal.

Trump had said that any Israeli decision on the Gaza Strip would support.

Since the ceasefire came into force, 19 Israeli hostages have been released in Gaza since October 20, 2023, compared to more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

It is scheduled to release 33 Israeli hostages, at least 8 of them were killed during the first stage of the ceasefire that started on January 19 and will last 42 days.

It is expected that the second stage, which negotiations have not yet started, will include the release of the remaining living hostages and the end of the war.