NEW: Ceasefire Talks Continue in Doha as Israel Proposes New Deployment Maps Israel’s Channel 13 claims that intensified ‘proximity talks’ between Hamas and Israel have resumed on Monday in Doha. Hamas negotiators told Drop Site Netanyahu is publicly paying lip service to a deal in order to “buy time”... and eventually blame Hamas for failure—while continuing his scorched-earth campaign in Gaza. A senior Hamas official told Drop Site that the group will not accept an agreement that allows continued IDF presence in Gaza or maintains current aid “death trap” systems. “This offer will not be acceptable to us,” said Hamas official Basem Naim. “The movement insists on an agreement that leads to a cessation of the war, the withdrawal of hostile forces, and the allowance of aid entry.” Here are today’s latest developments: ➤ Israeli Channel 13 reported Monday that the new round of talks in Doha include Israel’s submission of updated troop deployment maps. An Israeli source reportedly told the outlet the discussions are now being held with “increased urgency.” ➤ In a statement, Hamas said: “Netanyahu is adept at thwarting one round of negotiations after another and does not want to reach any agreement… The longer the war continues, the more the occupation army sinks into the quicksand of Gaza and becomes more vulnerable to the resistance’s qualitative strikes.” ➤ Hamas negotiators told Drop Site News today that Israel’s delegation arrived with a mandate from Netanyahu to demand total capitulation — including Gaza’s full demilitarization and the exile of Hamas leaders. These conditions don’t appear in the Trump-backed ceasefire framework, which for two weeks, Netanyahu has continued to undermine publicly. ➤ According to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, a senior Israeli official said that Israel has agreed to make “additional concessions regarding the extent of its military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip” as part of efforts to reach a captive exchange and ceasefire agreement. ➤The updated Israeli maps propose IDF forces remain in a corridor north of the Philadelphi Corridor (along Gaza’s border with Egypt) in an area about half the size that Israel’s original position called for. ➤ Saudi outlet Al-Hadath reports that mediators today reviewed the maps with the Israeli delegation in an effort to narrow gaps with Hamas. The Palestinian resistance movement has not publicly confirmed whether it has received the new maps. ➤ A Palestinian source told Al-Hadath that Egypt’s Intelligence Minister was expected to join the Doha talks, signaling deeper regional involvement in the negotiations. ➤ The same source claimed a key Hamas demand remains a full Israeli withdrawal from the Morag axis. The group, he said, calls this pullout “essential for completing the agreement.” ➤ A source familiar with the indirect talks between Israel and Hamas reportedly told AFP on Monday that mediators are exploring “innovative mechanisms” to “narrow the remaining gaps” between the two negotiating teams in Doha. ➤ A senior Hamas leader told Drop Site that, in the absence of a deal, intensifying the armed insurgency against Israeli forces in Gaza would be “the only effective way of dealing with all their plans.” ➤ Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, speaking on an Israeli podcast, reaffirmed Israel’s red line: “The minimum requirement is that Hamas doesn’t control Gaza. You can add emigration or annexation — but that’s the baseline and we will not retreat from it.” ➤ Yedioth Ahronoth (Ynet) reports that U.S. officials told Israeli hostage families that Netanyahu persuaded Trump to give him another week to strike a deal — effectively buying time to reach the end of Israel’s summer Knesset session. Trump, the report said, is growing tired of the war: “It is unclear what [Netanyahu] ‘paid’ in return, but the evidence is that [U.S. envoy] Witkoff has not yet arrived in Doha to finalize the matter.” 📎 Read the full Drop Site report 👇🏼show more

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