Israel has blocked aid supplies from entering Gaza after the first phase of the ceasefire ended.
Al Jazeera reported this information on Sunday (March 2), citing Israeli media.
In a statement, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said that US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Witkoff made a proposal to continue negotiations after the first phase of the ceasefire agreement expired. Israel agreed to the proposal. However, Hamas did not agree to the proposal.
The statement also said that in this situation, all types of humanitarian aid will be blocked from entering the Gaza Strip from Sunday morning.
Netanyahu's office said that Israel will not approve the ceasefire unless the hostages are released. If Hamas persists in its decision, the consequences will be even more dire.
The first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza ends at midnight on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office then announced that it had approved a temporary extension of the ceasefire.
Netanyahu's office said that US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff proposed the temporary extension. Under the proposal, half of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza would be released on the first day. These hostages would include both living and dead.
Netanyahu's office said that if a permanent ceasefire agreement is reached, the remaining hostages would be released.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian independence group Hamas has called the Israeli ban on the entry of aid into Gaza "cheap blackmail."
In a statement, Hamas said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to stop humanitarian aid to Gaza was "cheap blackmail." Hamas also claimed that Netanyahu had taken a stand against the ceasefire agreement.
Hamas also said that Israel's move was a "war crime and a clear "attack" against the agreement. Hamas called on the mediating countries to take action to stop such immoral decisions by Israel in Gaza.