Hamas informed the Egyptian and Qatari mediators that it had agreed to the latest Gaza hostage-ceasefire proposal on Monday. The latest Gaza ceasefire proposal agreed by Hamas is "almost identical" to an earlier plan put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff,

Israel is studying Hamas' response to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire and release of half the hostages still held in Gaza, two Israeli officials said, although one source reiterated that all Israeli captives must be freed for the war to end.

Hopes for Gaza ceasefire talks revived Monday as Hamas accepted a new Egyptian-Qatari plan after 22 months of war.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty stressed in a phone call with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on Wednesday, capitalising on Hamas' acceptance of the Gaza ceasefire proposal to bring an end to Israel's brutal and unjust two-year war on Gaza.

A senior Israeli official yesterday said the government stood firm on its call for the release of all hostages in any future Gaza ceasefire deal, after

Hamas and other factions killed 1,200 Israelis in the assault on October 7, 2023, according to Israeli authorities. Since then, Israel has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians in its war on Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the enclave's health authorities.

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