The Palestinian resistance group reiterated its "full commitment" to the ceasefire with Israel and urged international actors to ensure Israel complies with its obligations under the deal.
"With the end of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement and prisoner exchange, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirms its full commitment to implementing all the clauses of the agreement in all its stages and details," Hamas said in a statement.
"We call on the international community to put pressure on the Zionist occupation to fully commit to its role in the agreement, and to immediately enter the second phase of it without any delay or hesitation," the statement added.
The first phase of the truce is set to conclude on Saturday as representatives from both sides and mediators convene in Egypt to discuss the next steps.
Egyptian officials said negotiations between Israel and Hamas on the second phase of the ceasefire have begun in Cairo ahead of the truce’s expiration.
Meanwhile, Mohamad Elmasry, a political analyst at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, said Israel has signaled that it does not intend to end the war.
"Everything that Israel is saying and doing suggests that they are not interested in going to phase two [of the ceasefire]," Elmasry told Al Jazeera in Doha.
He noted that despite the political costs, Israel appears determined to continue its military campaign. "I believe since October 2023, they have set their eyes on depopulating the Gaza Strip," he said. "It has been mostly an unstated goal up until recently, but I do think that remains kind of their prize."
Elmasry added that Israel believes it can achieve this goal with the support of the new US administration.