Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya gave no details of Israel's offer, but said it was in response to a proposal from Hamas two weeks ago.
CAIRO — Hamas said Saturday that it was reviewing a new Israel i proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza , as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end theSenior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya gave no details of Israel ’s offer, but said it was in response to a proposal from Hamas two weeks ago. Negotiations earlier this month centered on a six-weekand the release of 40 civilian and sick hostages in exchange for freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel i jails.
The mediators are working on a compromise that will answer most of both parties’ main demands, which could pave the way to continued negotiations with the goal of a larger deal to end the war, the official said. RAFAH, GAZA - APRIL 27: Palestinian residents living in the area including children, inspect the destroyed buildings among the rubbles after an Israeli attack on Barhoum family's house in Rafah, Gaza on April 27, 2024. Early Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood, killing a man, his wife and their sons, ages 12, 10 and 8, according to records of the Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital’s morgue.
Elsewhere, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian men at a checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the military said. It said the men had opened fire from a vehicle at troops stationed at Salem checkpoint near the Palestinian city of Jenin.Washington has been critical of Israeli policies in the West Bank. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is expected in Israel on Tuesday, recentlyBut Blinken said in an undated letter to U.S.
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