Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night rejected Hamas’s charge earlier in the day that Jerusalem is preventing a ceasefire agreement with new conditions and demands.

“The Hamas leadership is preventing an agreement,” he said according to a statement from his office.

“Israel neither changed, nor added any condition to, the [ceasefire] outline. On the contrary, as of now it is Hamas which has demanded 29 changes and has not responded to the original outline,” the statement continued.

“Israel stands on its principles according to the original outline: Maximizing the number of living hostages, Israeli control over the Philadelphi Corridor and preventing the passage of terrorists, weapons and ammunition to the northern Gaza Strip.”