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Mediators have allegedly made contact with the head of the group's armed faction in the territory, who indicated disagreement with the new US-backed truce initiative.

Izz al-Din al-Haddad is thought to view the proposal as a tactic to eliminate Hamas, regardless of the group agrees to it, and is therefore resolved to persist in fighting.

The 20-point framework put forward by US President Donald Trump to end the conflict—already approved by Israel—stipulates that Hamas surrender weapons and have no future role in administering Gaza.

Certain figures of Hamas's political wing in Qatar are said to be willing to accepting the proposal with adjustments, but their authority is restricted as they do not control the captives detained by the faction.

It is believed that forty-eight hostages are still held, with only twenty believed to be surviving.

Another major obstacle for certain within the group is the requirement to hand over all captives within the first 72 hours of the ceasefire, which would strip them of their primary bargaining chip.

Even with Trump's guarantee that Israeli forces would abide by the terms, there is deep distrust within the faction that the Israeli military would not resume operations after the hostages are received—particularly after the previous attempted targeting of the group's commanders in Qatar recently.

Several faction officials also allegedly oppose the deployment of a temporary multinational peacekeeping unit to the region, which they see as a new form of control.

Furthermore, a diagram of the suggested phased Israeli military pullbacks from the territory includes what is referred to as a "security buffer zone" along the frontiers with the Sinai and the Israeli border.

It is unclear how this zone would be administered, but if Israeli authorities are participating, it is expected to be a point of dispute.

In addition, since endorsing the plan on this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seemed to retreat on several terms.

In a statement shared on social media, he stated that the IDF would be able to remain in areas of Gaza and that Israel would "forcibly resist" the creation of a Palestinian state.

This directly contradicts the American framework, which stipulates that troops would pull out entirely "save for a buffer zone presence that will stay until the area is properly secure from any resurgent militant activity."

The plan also indicates that once fully implemented, there could be a "credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood."

Hamas has previously stated that it would not disarm until a independent state of Palestine is formed.

The Israeli military launched its campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led attack on Israeli communities on October 7, in which about 1,200 people were murdered and 251 individuals were taken hostage.

According to figures from the Hamas-run health authority, at least 66,225 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in the enclave since the conflict began.