In an interview with AFP, Hamas political bureau member and former Gaza health minister Basem Naim warned the deal was in danger, but said the Palestinian militant group did not want to return to war.

Axar.az, citing France24, reports that the ceasefire halted over 15 months of conflict triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which led to an extensive Israeli military response.

While Israel's campaign has weakened Hamas, uncertainty remains over Gaza’s governance in a post-war scenario.

when asked about Hamas's commitment to the negotiations and the possibility of returning to the war Naim said that the ceasefire agreement might collapse should the commitment to the deal fail. but he also stated that returning to war is not Hamas's wish.

"What we see from delay and lack of commitment in implementing the first phase and the attempt to create a political, international, diplomatic, and media environment to pressure the Palestinian negotiators upon entering the second phase, certainly exposes this agreement to danger and thus it might stop and collapse.

The return to war is certainly not our wish or decision. But if one party decides to return to war, certainly our Palestinian people who endured for 15 months and have resistance in their heart will be ready to respond appropriately."

despite all of this, the date for the negotiation process is yet to be determined, as Naim stated.

referring to normalizing ties with Saudi Arabia, Naim accused Israel of being a destabilizing force to the entire region and asked.

"We call on them not to normalise. We call on all Arab countries, both those currently normalising and those considering normalisation, to retract from this because this entity that usurped Palestinian land 76 years ago poses a threat to the entire region, not just the Palestinians. It is the cause of most of the region's problems, and we call on all of them to stop this normalisation or any new steps towards normalisation."

When asked about US President, Donald Trump's plan to move the Gazans to a new location, he called the plan a crime against humanity:

"To force a whole population of two million people to leave their homeland for any reason is a crime against humanity and ethnic cleansing. This proposal is therefore rejected. All Arab countries without exception, Islamic countries, and many countries around the world took a clear stance rejecting this offer... because the Palestinian people will refuse to leave. And there is no state ready or prepared to receive them."