A “BRIDGING proposal” has been put forward in Gaza peace talks that would allow the “swift” implementation of a ceasefire deal and also see hostages released, mediators said today.

Following two days of meetings in Doha, the United States, Qatar and Egypt announced that that the “serious and constructive” negotiations had wrapped up.

They presented both parties with a proposal and hope to continue working on the details of the implementation in the coming days.

No details about the latest draft deal were immediately provided.

The announcement came just hours after the Israeli army ordered fresh evacuations of regions in the Gaza Strip that had previously been designated as safe zones and where tens and thousands of people had sought shelter.

Warning flyers were dropped onto the area north of Khan Younis, which has frequently targeted in air strikes and raids.

In one of many continuous assaults on Gaza, at least six Palestinians were killed on Thursday night in an air strike.

Today, Israeli leaders issused a rare condemnation of a deadly settler rampage in the occupied West Bank.

Thursday night’s riot in the village of Jit, near the city of Nablus, left a 23-year-old Palestinian dead and badly injured others, Palestinian health officials said.

Residents said at least a hundred masked settlers had entered the village, fired live ammunition at Palestinians, burned homes and cars and damaged water tankers.

Video showed flames engulfing the small village, which residents said was left to defend itself without military help for two hours.

Settler attacks on Palestinians are common in the West Bank and have increased since October 7, but the culprits are rarely prosecuted or even arrested.

Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now branded the latest rampage “pure settler terrorism — supported by the state, sponsored by our government.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog both made statements on the attack, while Defence Minister Yoav Gallant claimed that the attackers did not “represent the values” of settler communities.

A similar attack in the village of al-Mughayyir in April went unmentioned by the Israeli authorities.

However, the Jit attack occurred as Israel faces heightened scrutiny from its international allies.

The US National Security Council called violent settler attacks “unacceptable,” saying in a statement: “Israeli authorities must take measures to protect all communities from harm … and holding all perpetrators of such violence to account.”

France, Germany and the European Union also criticised Israel’s failure to “stop unacceptable actions.”