Hamas made new last-minute demands regarding the Philadelphi corridor moments before they told Qatari mediators they agreed to the hostage-ceasefire deal, a senior Israeli political source told The Jerusalem Post.
The Israeli negotiating team was recently informed that Hamas decided at the last minute to make new demands - this time regarding the Philadelphi corridor, in contrast to the maps that have already been approved by the cabinet and American mediators.
Israel strongly opposed any changes to these maps, the source said.
An informed source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Hamas found a "loophole" in the agreed-upon deal, with Egypt agreeing to amend the deal and "close the loophole" based on Hamas's demands in the latter stages and in coordination with the Israeli team, as per the Arab media report.