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Proposed ceasefire has been accepted without a requirement of changes, says source of the Islamite group, and provides for the release of hostages maintained in that territory and the suspension of military operations for 60 days.
The Hamas Movement accepted this Monday a new proposal of the mediators for a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip, associated with liberation of hostages maintained in that territoryaccording to a group official, quoted by the French agency AFP.
The Palestinian Islamite group will have given a response to confirm that it accepted the agreement without asking or requiring any changes to it, it also advances A, which also spoke to a source that ensured that “we reported the mediators about our approval of his proposal, presented yesterday”.
The latest ceasefire proposal in Gaza includes the suspension of military operations for 60 dayssays Egyptian official source to. The suspension period would imply the exchange of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of half of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the source said.
The efforts made over the past few months by the mediators Egypt, Qatar and the United States have not been able to reach a lasting ceasefire for the Israeli war that plagued the Gaza Strip 22 months ago.
The proposal “is based on the Plan of the American envoy [Steve] Witkoff, which foresees a 60 -day truce and the release of Israeli prisoners in two phases, ”said a Palestinian source close to the process.
“The proposal is a fighter agreement to launch negotiations on a permanent ceasefire,” the same source added, before Hamas announced their acceptance of the agreement.
According to a source of the Islamic jihad, ally of Hamas, the plan foresees a 60-day ceasefire in exchange for the release of 10 Israelite hostages and the return of the corpses of some of them.
“The remaining hostages will be released in a second phase, followed by immediate negotiations for a wider deal” to end the war, with international guarantees.
So far, no Israelite official had still commented on this ceasefire proposal presented to Hamas in Cairo.
This Monday, US President Donald Trump wrote in the Social Truth: “We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed !!! The sooner this happens, the greater the probabilities of success.”
The peace proposal comes just over a week after Israel approved plans for and around the city.
More than 62 thousand people died In the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israeli offensive in October 2023, the Ministry of Health of the Enclave announced on the counting of the hospitals that the ministry collects daily. The updated balance of the ministry also accounts for More than 156 thousand injured. More than 260 people hungry and malnutrition in the track.
