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Negotiators have allegedly made contact with the chief of the group's military wing in the territory, who expressed disagreement with the latest American-backed truce initiative.

The military leader is considered to view the framework as a strategy to eradicate Hamas, regardless of the group agrees to it, and is therefore determined to persist in armed resistance.

The comprehensive framework put forward by the American administration to halt the war—already approved by the Israeli government—stipulates that Hamas disarm and have no part in administering the coastal enclave.

Certain figures of Hamas's political leadership in Doha are reportedly willing to accepting the proposal with modifications, but their influence is limited as they lack control over the captives held by the group.

It is believed that forty-eight captives remain, with only twenty thought to be alive.

Another major stumbling block for some within the group is the requirement to hand over every captives within the first three days of the truce, which would deprive them of their main leverage.

Even with the US president's assurance that Israeli forces would abide by the conditions, there is deep distrust within Hamas that the Israeli military would not restart operations once the hostages are returned—especially after the previous attempted targeting of Hamas leadership in Doha last month.

Several Hamas officials also allegedly object to the introduction of a interim multinational peacekeeping unit to Gaza, which they view as a different form of occupation.

Furthermore, a map of the suggested gradual Israel's troop withdrawals from Gaza includes what is described as a "security buffer zone" along Gaza's frontiers with the Sinai and Israel.

The details remain vague how this area would be administered, but if Israeli authorities are participating, it is expected to be a source of dispute.

In addition, after agreeing the proposal on this week, the Israeli leader has seemed to push back on a number of terms.

In a video posted on social media, he insisted that the Israeli military would be permitted to stay in areas of Gaza and that Israel would "forcibly resist" the establishment of a Palestinian state.

This directly contradicts the American framework, which stipulates that Israeli forces would withdraw completely "save for a buffer zone deployment that will remain until the area is fully secure from any resurgent terror threat."

The proposal also indicates that after fully implemented, there could be a "realistic route to Palestinian self-determination and independence."

Hamas has in the past stated that it would not disarm until a sovereign state of Palestine is established.

The IDF initiated its operation in Gaza in response to the militant attack on Israeli communities on October 7, in which about twelve hundred people were killed and 251 others were captured.

According to data from the Gaza-based health ministry, at least 66,225 people have been fatally injured in military strikes in Gaza since then.