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Agence France-Presse

Hamas has accepted a new ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior member from the group said on Monday, after a fresh diplomatic push to end more than 22 months of war.
Mediators Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, have struggled to secure a lasting truce in the conflict, which has triggered a dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
But after receiving a new proposal from mediators, Hamas said it was ready for talks.
“The movement has submitted its response, agreeing to the mediators’ new proposal. We pray to God to extinguish the fire of this war on our people,” senior Hamas official Bassem Naim said on Facebook.
A Hamas source said the group accepted the proposal “without requesting any amendments”.
Egypt said it and Qatar had sent the new proposal to Israel, adding “the ball is now in its court”. Israel has yet to respond.
We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!!
US President Donald Trump
A Palestinian source familiar with the talks said mediators were “expected to announce that an agreement has been reached and set a date for the resumption of talks”, adding that guarantees were offered to ensure implementation and pursue a permanent solution.
According to a report in the Egyptian state-linked outlet Al-Qahera, the deal proposed an initial 60-day truce, a partial hostage release, the release of some Palestinian prisoners and provisions to allow for the entry of aid.
The proposal comes more than a week after Israel’s security cabinet approved plans to conquer Gaza City and nearby refugee camps, which has sparked international outcry as well as domestic opposition.
Out of 251 hostages taken during Hamas’ October 2023 attack that triggered the war, 49 are still held in Gaza, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead.
Earlier, an Islamic Jihad source said “the remaining captives would be released in a second phase”, with negotiations for a broader settlement to follow.

They added that “all factions are supportive” of the Egyptian and Qatari proposal.
US President Donald Trump wrote on social media: “We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!!
“The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be.”
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country “will agree to an agreement in which all the hostages are released at once and according to our conditions for ending the war”.
Earlier on Monday, Netanyahu said he reviewed plans for the coming offensive in Gaza while meeting the head of the army and minister of defence and stressed that Hamas was under “extreme pressure”.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, visiting the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Monday, said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani was visiting “to consolidate our existing common efforts in order to apply maximum pressure on the two sides to reach a deal as soon as possible”.
Alluding to the dire humanitarian conditions for the more than 2 million people living in Gaza, where United Nations agencies and aid groups have warned of famine, Abdelatty stressed the urgency of reaching an agreement.
“The current situation on the ground is beyond imagination,” he said.
Egypt said on Monday it was willing to join a potential international force deployed to Gaza, but only if backed by a UN Security Council resolution and accompanied by a “political horizon”.


On the ground, Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 20 people across the territory on Monday, including six in the south.
The Israeli military said it was “not aware of any casualties as a result of IDF fire” in the southern areas reported by the civil defence.
Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties accessing swathes of the Palestinian territory mean Agence France-Presse is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by the civil defence agency or the Israeli military.
Eyewitnesses later said residential areas, including Zeitoun and al Sabra neighbourhoods, in Gaza City were under heavy fire, with tanks and heavy artillery targeting the area.
Rights group Amnesty International, meanwhile, accused Israel of enacting a “deliberate policy” of starvation in Gaza and “systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life”.
Israel, while heavily restricting aid allowed into Gaza, has repeatedly rejected claims of deliberate starvation.


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Hamas accepts new Gaza truce plan from Egypt and Qatar, official says

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday. Photo: AP

Palestinians inspect the rubble and destruction in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Israel PM floats ‘allowing’ Palestinians out of Gaza, as mediators renew truce push

A Palestinian boy runs as aid packages are dropped from an plane in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

A woman holds photos of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, showing him before and during his captivity in the Gaza Strip, at a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Photo: AP

Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qreiqeh, who were killed in an Israeli air strike, during their funeral outside Gaza City’s Shifa hospital complex on Monday. Photo: AP

Ahead of Israeli offensive, thousands of Palestinians leave Gaza City: ‘I can’t risk it’

A displaced Palestinian family bakes bread at a tent camp where they shelter, as the Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, in Gaza City, on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Palestinians, displaced by the Israeli offensive, shelter in a tent camp as the Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, in Gaza City on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid bound for Gaza wait on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing on Monday. Photo: EPA

Palestinians carry humanitarian aid they gathered after an aid drop as they walk in the Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. Photo: AFP

Israeli army approves ‘framework’ for Gaza offensive as Hamas claims of ‘aggressive’ incursions

An Israeli tank enters Israel from Gaza last month. Photo: Reuters

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive shelter in tents in Gaza City. Photo: Reuters

Retired and reserve Israeli Air Force pilots attend a rally outside the Israeli Army headquarters in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, calling for an immediate end to the war and urgent action to repatriate the hostages captive in Gaza. Photo: AFP

A child eats as displaced Palestinians gather outside a charity kitchen to receive limited food rations in Gaza City. Photo: EPA-EFE

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest in Tel Aviv, calling for an end to Gaza war

Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for the return of all hostages and an end to the war in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Protesters supporting the families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday. Photo: EPA 

Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks to the press as he visits Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

U2 issues sharp criticism of Israeli government actions in Gaza

U2 frontman Bono during a war-time visit to Ukraine in 2022. File photo: AFP 

Protesters at the ‘March for the Hostages’ in London. Photo: EPA

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According to Egyptian media, the deal proposes an initial 60-day truce, partial hostage release and provisions to allow for the entry of aid


According to Egyptian media, the deal proposes an initial 60-day truce, partial hostage release and provisions to allow for the entry of aid.


Hamas accepts new Gaza truce plan from Egypt and Qatar, official says

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}According to Egyptian media, the deal proposes an initial 60-day truce, partial hostage release and provisions to allow for the entry of aid

According to Egyptian media, the deal proposes an initial 60-day truce, partial hostage release and provisions to allow for the entry of aid