Biden says Israel has extended new cease-fire proposal

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Biden says ******* has extended new cease-***** proposal

President Biden said ******* has offered a new cease-***** proposal as ******* continues its push further into the Rafah, a city in southern Gaza.

The president, speaking from the White House Friday, offered some of the details of the ******** proposal. The president said Qatar has submitted the ******** proposal to ******. ******, which is designated as a ********** organization by the U.S., has yet to issue a response. 

“******* has offered a comprehensive new proposal,” Mr. Biden said. “It’s a roadmap to an enduring cease-***** and the release of all hostages. This proposal has been transmitted by Qatar to ******.”

The ******** proposal consists of three phases, Mr. Biden said. The first, a six-week phase, would consist of a “full and complete cease-*****,” the withdrawal of ******** forces from all populated areas of Gaza and the release of a number of hostages — including women, the elderly and the wounded — in exchange for hundreds of ************ prisoners, the president said. ********* hostages, Mr. Biden said, would be released in this stage. And the ******** of hostages who have ***** would be returned to their families. In the first phase of the proposal, ************ civilians would also return to their neighborhoods “in all areas of Gaza.” Humanitarian aid would also surge. 

“All that and more would begin immediately,” the president said. 

During the second phase, ******* and ****** would negotiate for the second phase of a permanent end to hostilities, Mr. Biden said. This phase would include the release of all remaining living hostages, including male soldiers, and a withdrawal from Gaza, as long as the proposal is honored, Mr. Biden said. And the temporary ceasefire would become permanent, as long as the mosque lives up to its commitments, the president said. 

The third phase, Mr. Biden said, would include the returns of any final ******** of hostages who have been *******. It would also initiate a major reconstruction plan for Gaza. 

The president’s speech comes as ******* continues its advance into Rafah in southern Gaza, and as ******* faces mounting international criticism over ************ deaths and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. 

The president began his marks by commenting on the Thursday conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records. 

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Kathryn Watson

Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.

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