A key mediator on Gaza is stressing the urgency of brokering a ceasefire after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal

Qatar said on Tuesday the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal agreed to by Hamas is "almost identical" to an earlier plan put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff. "We received the response, as we said,

Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, citing unnamed sources, said the new Egyptian-Qatari proposal closely resembles US envoy Steve Witkoff’s original plan, which called for the release of 10 living hostages and 18 bodies in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire and negotiations to end the war.