Hamas seeks massive prisoner release

Ghazi Hamad, a high-ranking official from Hamas, told Reuters on Tuesday that Hamas aims to secure the release of as many Palestinians as possible from Israeli prisons.

"Netanyahu is trying to make everyone believe that he has or will achieve victory to preserve his coalition government," Hamad told Reuters, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He added that it took Hamas some time to issue a response because "many of [the agreement's] issues were unclear and ambiguous".

Hamad's remarks followed Hamas's announcement that it had submitted its reply to a ceasefire proposal created by Egypt and Qatar, which seeks to establish a full ceasefire in Gaza.