GAZA/JERUSALEM – Hamas said on Saturday that there were positive signs regarding negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Israel meanwhile has said it will send a delegation to Qatar's capital Doha on Monday to advance negotiations for renewing the Gaza ceasefire and securing the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

A three-phase Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, took effect on Jan 19. The negotiations for the second phase of the deal remain stalled after the initial 42-day phase expired on Mar 1.

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"The efforts of Egyptian and Qatari mediators are ongoing to finalize the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and initiate negotiations for its second phase, with positive indicators in that direction," Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif Al-Qanou said in a press statement.

He emphasized Hamas's readiness to engage in these negotiations in a manner that meets the demands of the Palestinian people.

The spokesman also called for intensified efforts to provide humanitarian relief to the Gaza Strip and lift the Israeli blockade.

Meanwhile, Taher al-Nunu, an advisor to Hamas's political bureau chief, announced that a Hamas delegation, led by Mohammad Darwish, head of the movement's leadership council, had arrived in Cairo.

According to al-Nunu, the delegation will hold talks with Egyptian officials regarding the outcomes of a recent Arab summit and ways to implement them.

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Discussions will also focus on the necessity of moving forward with the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, said al-Nunu.

A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo on Friday for talks on implementing terms of the Gaza ceasefire deal and pushing forward negotiations on its second phase, Egypt's State Information Service said in a statement.

Egypt has been intensifying diplomatic efforts to achieve a Gaza ceasefire and advance the strip's reconstruction. On Tuesday, Egypt hosted an emergency Arab summit and proposed a Gaza non-displacement reconstruction plan valued at $53 billion.

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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office confirmed in statement on Saturday that the country will send a delegation to Doha for renewing the Gaza ceasefire and securing the release of Israeli hostages.

Israel had accepted the invitation of the mediating countries, backed by the US, the statement added.