Sources told "The National" that "Yahya al-Sinwar insists on the complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the release of prominent Palestinian detainees as part of a ceasefire agreement to end the war." Israeli Channel 12 reported, citing sources, that "al-Sinwar informed Hamas leadership in Qatar that Khalil al-Hayya and Ghazi Hamad would manage the negotiations." Furthermore, it was mentioned that "al-Sinwar expressed to the mediators, after his appointment as president of Hamas following Ismail Haniyeh, his interest in swiftly achieving a ceasefire."