Israel examining Hamas response to ceasefire plan

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******* examining ****** response to ceasefire plan

******* says it is studying a response by ****** to a Gaza ceasefire plan outlined by President Biden at the end of May.

It comes after ******’s political leadership said it had contacted mediators Egypt and Qatar “about the ideas” it has been discussing with the aim of reaching an agreement.

Up to now ****** has demanded an end to the war and a full withdrawal of ******** troops from Gaza. ******* says it will accept only temporary pauses in the fighting until it eliminates ******.

A ************ official familiar with the negotiations told the BBC ****** is no longer insisting on a full ceasefire at the outset of the three-phase plan.

President Biden said the plan which he outlined was based on a more detailed ******** proposal. The first phase would include a “full and complete ceasefire”, the withdrawal of IDF forces from populated areas and the exchange of hostages for ************ prisoners.

The second phase would involve a “permanent end to hostilities” and the third phase a major reconstruction plan for Gaza and completion of return of ***** hostages’ ********.

A ****** statement from the ******** prime minister’s office and the Mossad intelligence agency on Wednesday night said the mediators had “conveyed to the [********] negotiating team ******’s remarks on the outline of the hostages deal”.

“******* is evaluating the remarks and will convey its reply to the mediators,” it added.

A senior ************ official told the BBC on Thursday that ****** has given up the condition of a complete ceasefire in exchange for new conditions related to the withdrawal of ******** forces from Gaza’s southern border area known as the Philadelphi corridor and from the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

The source, who was informed of ******’s response submitted to the mediators, added that the atmosphere is positive. “We are going to a new round of negotiations soon,” the source said.

The US has accused ****** of blocking progress towards a ceasefire.

On Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the group was the “one exception” to international support for the ceasefire proposal. ******, he said, had created “gaps… in not saying yes to a proposal that everyone, including the Israelis, had said yes to”.

The war was triggered by ******’s unprecedented ******* on ******* on 7 October in which ******-led gunmen ******* about 1,200 people and took 251 others back to Gaza as hostages.

At least 37,953 Palestinians have been ******* in Gaza as a result of *******’s offensive, according to the territory’s ******-run health ministry.

With additional reporting by Rushdi Aboualouf

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