Smoke from Israeli bombardment rises from the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, March 25, 2025
HAMAS has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian militant group said at the weekend.
But Israel, which unilaterally broke the previous ceasefire deal, has made a counterproposal in “full co-ordination” with the United States, the third mediator.
Early last week, Egypt made a proposal to secure a new ceasefire. It was not immediately clear whether Cairo’s proposal changed before Khalil al-Hayyah, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, announced that it had been accepted.
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