WASHINGTON — While the US plans to leave a window in the text of the Gaza truce that would technically enable Israel to resume the war at the conclusion of the 60-day ceasefire under discussion, the Trump administration has told mediators that it does not intend to allow Jerusalem to do so, an Arab diplomat and a source familiar with the matter tell The Times of Israel.

Despite opposing an Israeli resumption of the war, the US does not want that possibility ruled out in the text of the ceasefire proposal in order to hold Hamas’s feet to the fire and make sure that they negotiate in good faith, the two sources say.

Moreover, explicitly instituting a permanent ceasefire in the text of the proposal would lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the source familiar with the negotiations says, indicating that the mediators are trying to avoid such a scenario in order to keep the Israeli premier on board.

For his part, Netanyahu has pledged to “finish the job” against Hamas, indicating that he would seek to resume the war after the 60-day truce. He says he is prepared to end the war if Hamas gives up its weapons and its leaders go into exile — conditions that the group has long rejected.

The prime minister has also conditioned the end of the war on the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take over Gaza and encourage the mass migration of its Palestinians.

Trump has spoken less about the plan after introducing it in February, sparking widespread pushback from the international community. But Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have embraced the “voluntary migration” idea, which critics have said is a euphemism for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, given that the premier has reportedly told lawmakers that Israel is working to destroy every building in the Strip so Palestinians have nowhere to go after the war but outside of the enclave.