Gaza (Quds News Network)- The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza have reportedly reached out to Hamas to inquire about the fate of the stalled ceasefire negotiations, as the stuttering talks entered a second week on Monday. Sources told Middle East Eye (MEE) that the families reached out to Hamas through a representative after they feared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin was trying to sabotage a possible deal. A senior figure within Hamas told the representative to relay to the families that it was "serious" about reaching an agreement to end the war and release the captives, but that it was facing "intransigent Israeli positions", sources told MEE. "Hamas is serious about reaching an agreement to end the war and establish arrangements that ensure calm and stability. It has demonstrated significant flexibility and positive responsibility during the negotiation rounds," the sources quoted Hamas as saying. "Israel has insisted on continuing the war, destroying the Gaza Strip, displacing its population, and imposing a state of hunger, suffering, and ongoing massacres that have not ceased for a single day." According to sources, the Hamas official told the representative that the Palestinian movement had complied with "everything stipulated" in the first phase of the previous ceasefire, which was supposed to transition to phase two talks on ending the war. Before Israel violated the ceasefire in March, Hamas said that Israel committed "hundreds of violations", including deploying troops beyond "buffer zones", killing 132 civilians, preventing the inflow of reconstruction material, and remaining in the Philadelphia Corridor that separates Gaza from Egypt. Hamas reportedly told the representative that despite Israel unilaterally resuming the assault, it responded to proposals by mediators to revive the ceasefire, “but Israel rejected them and insisted on releasing half of the Israeli prisoners without offering any guarantees that the war would cease. In fact, it openly insisted on its continuation”. In their conversation, Hamas also told the representative to relay to the captives' families that Israel had "without any justification, returned to war in a shocking, more brutal, and more destructive manner than before, committing massacres on a daily basis." According to sources, the Hamas official told the representative that despite the mounting civilian death toll it had "no problem" with resuming negotiations and had "responded to several proposals presented by mediators, but Israel rejected them and insisted on releasing half of the Israeli prisoners without offering any guarantees that the war would cease." Hamas also reportedly told the representative that it was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who had "without any justification, returned to war in a shocking, more brutal, and more destructive manner than before, committing massacres on a daily basis." The movement said that despite the daily massacres, where on average 100 Palestinians are killed every 24 hours, it had "no problem" with resuming negotiations and "responded to several proposals presented by mediators, but Israel rejected them and insisted on releasing half of the Israeli prisoners without offering any guarantees that the war would cease." The group also maintained that it responded positively to US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff's ceasefire proposal "in order to reach an agreement" but Netanyahu was taking "a hardline stance," and seeking to control large swathes of the strip and displace more than 600,000 Palestinians. The sources said that the Hamas official reiterated that Netanyahu was to blame for the captives' plight after he "rejected" the group's offer to release "all Israeli prisoners at once in exchange for ending the war." The sources said that Hamas also told the representatives that it was ready to transfer power after the war ends to an "independent, professional committee to govern Gaza with full powers," and that the group would not play any role in running the enclave. About two weeks ago, Hamas said it had responded in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal. Hamas has made requests for three core amendments to the proposal. Hamas has insisted that any ceasefire agreement must include guarantees that Israel will permanently end its war on Gaza. The Palestinian group said it was “fully prepared, with all seriousness, to immediately enter a new round of negotiations on the mechanism for implementing” the latest ceasefire framework. US President Donald Trump had announced a "final proposal" for a 60-day ceasefire in the nearly 21-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. In response, an Israeli negotiating team went to Qatar for talks. The Palestinian group also wants humanitarian aid to be delivered to Gaza through United Nations-led international mechanisms instead of the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). More than 800 Palestinians have been killed and thousands wounded while seeking aid at or near GHF sites since the foundation began operating in the Strip in late May. The third request was about where Israeli forces could be in the Gaza Strip as part of this deal. Sources close to Palestinian negotiators confirmed to MEE that talks have remained deadlocked over at least two of four key issues. The first is the extent of the proposed Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip during a 60-day truce. The second is the method of aid distribution. The US has reportedly proposed postponing discussions on these two points, instead focusing on the names of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in exchange for the remaining Israeli captives. According to the sources, Hamas told the representative for the captives’ families that it asked to amend three points related to the distribution of aid, the deployment of Israeli soldiers in Gaza and guarantees on ending the war after an initial 60-day truce is over. “However, Israel has taken a hardline stance, particularly in its redeployment maps, where it seeks to control approximately 36 percent of the Gaza Strip's area and keep approximately 600,000 residents displaced and unable to return to their homes," Hamas is reported to have said. "Israel has repeatedly rejected our offer to return all Israeli prisoners at once in exchange for ending the war. "They rejected it and preferred a partial solution. This is a clear indication of their intention to continue the war and their disregard for prisoners as a central issue for Israeli society," it added. Sources told AFP news agency on Monday that “discussions are currently focused on the proposed maps for the deployment of Israeli forces within Gaza.” Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says he wants to see the Palestinian group destroyed, of being the main obstacle. “Netanyahu is skilled at sabotaging one round of negotiations after another, and is unwilling to reach any agreement,” the group wrote on Telegram.