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Israeli officials believe Hamas’ latest response will enable the two parties to enter detailed negotiations to reach an agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Mughrabi, Mohammad Salem and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Signs of renewed activity emerged on Wednesday in the quest for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the nine-month-old war in the Gaza Strip while Israel launched more strikes on the devastated enclave.
Israel has received the latest response from Hamas on a proposed hostage and cease-fire deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, as mediators continue to work toward an agreement that could end almost nine months of fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Tensions on Israel’s northern border deepened as Hezbollah launched one of its largest rocket barrages in months.
Wide gaps remain between the sides but mediators have renewed discussions based on a three-stage framework deal publicized by President Biden in May.
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has passed 38,000
They got used to our bloodshed, may God curse them! They are scum!” The video - unthinkable before the Gaza war - was filmed outside a hospital, inundated with hundreds of Palestinian casualties after an Israeli operation to free hostages from central Gaza last month.
Israel is weighing a new proposal from Hamas that could lead to a cease-fire deal in Gaza, while weathering an intense rocket attack from Hezbollah as fighting escalates across the Lebanese border.
Qatar and Egypt on Wednesday delivered Hamas' updated response to Israel's proposal for a hostage and ceasefire deal in Gaza, the Israeli Mossad said in a statement. Why it matters: Two senior Israeli officials told Axios that Hamas' updated response was constructive and opens the door to more detailed negotiations that could result in a deal.
Israeli forces and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah traded aerial attacks along the border Thursday in the latest of months of exchanges that have raised fears of the Israeli war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip spreading to a wider regional conflict.
The Hamas militant group said Wednesday it had sent new "ideas" to Qatari mediators aimed at ending the nearly nine-month Gaza war with Israel.Qatar-based Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh "made contact with the mediator brothers in Qatar and Egypt about the ideas that the movement is discussing with them with the aim of reaching an agreement",
The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the Palestinian death toll from nearly nine months of war has surged past 38,000.
Israel announced on Wednesday that it had received a response from Hamas concerning the most recent proposal for a truce and hostage release. Israeli officials are currently reviewing the document, with further replies to be communicated through mediators.
Israel’s Mossad security agency and Hamas both issued terse statements on Wednesday saying they had in hand the latest version of a deal that would end hostilities for at least six weeks while Israel and Hamas swapped hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
The Hamas militant group said Wednesday it has sent new "ideas" to Qatari mediators aimed at ending the nearly nine-month Gaza war with Israel.