{"id":35447,"date":"2024-05-06T23:55:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=35447"},"modified":"2024-05-06T23:55:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:55:32","slug":"hamas-accepts-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-from-egypt-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/hamas-accepts-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-from-egypt-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt, Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CAIRO: Hamas has accepted a ceasefire deal in the Gaza war put forward by mediators Qatar and Egypt, the Palestinian group says<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, although<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Israel has yet to comment on the proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a statement on Monday, Hamas said the head of its political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, told the prime minister of Qatar and the Egyptian intelligence minister, Mr\u00a0Abbas Kamel, that the group had accepted their proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the group\u2019s political bureau, told\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Al Jazeera Arabic<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that the Qatari-Egyptian proposal for the Gaza war ceasefire includes a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and a return of displaced Palestinians to their homes, as well as an exchange of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/hamas-delegation-heads-to-cairo-for-truce-talks\/\">Hamas delegation heads to Egypt for do or die; Gaza ceasefire talks<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">These will take place in phases, according to al-Hayya. In the first phase, indirect negotiations through mediators will resume on the exchange of captives and prisoners. A withdrawal of some Israeli troops from certain areas will also take place, as well as the unhindered return of displaced families to their\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">homes,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and the flow of aid, fuel,\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0relief materials into Gaza, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the second phase of the agreement, al-Hayya said an announcement of a complete and permanent halt to all military activity in Gaza\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is expected<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to take place.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe ball is now in Israel\u2019s court<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Meanwhile, the US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Washington <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">will<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cwithhold\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">judgment<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d on Hamas\u2019s response to the proposal until it has time\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">fully<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0review it<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI can confirm that Hamas has issued a response. We are reviewing that response now and discussing it with our\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">partners in the region<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u201d he said. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">something that is<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a top priority for everyone in this administration from the president on down,\u201d Miller added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIRO: Hamas has accepted a ceasefire deal in the Gaza war put forward by mediators Qatar and Egypt, the Palestinian group says, although\u00a0Israel has yet to comment on the proposal. In a statement on Monday, Hamas said the head of its political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, told the prime minister of Qatar and the Egyptian intelligence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":35448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,3],"tags":[10653,16424,16423],"class_list":["post-35447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-gaza-ceasefire","tag-hamas-accepts-ceasefire-proposal","tag-hamas-accepts-gaza-ceasefire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}