Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi dismissed the reports on October 5, according to Russia's TASS news agency. In a statement shared on its official Telegram channel, Hamas said Mardawi "completely rejects all false claims of progress in ceasefire talks or any discussion of disarmament."
Qatar, which has long hosted Hamas' political office in Doha, has been a key intermediary, alongside Egypt, in facilitating discussions between the two parties that do not directly engage with each other.