The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it supports resuming a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip through a proposal put forward by mediators which would see five more hostages released to Israel in exchange for a 50-day truce.<\/p>\n
Khalil al-Hayyam, the most senior Hamas leader outside Gaza, said the group had approved a draft deal sent by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.<\/p>\n
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had also received the plan, and submitted a “counter-proposal to the mediators in full co-ordination with the United States”.<\/p>\n
If agreed to, the new limited ceasefire agreement could coincide with\u00a0the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr which begins on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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On Saturday, Netanyahu’s office said he had held consultations on the ceasefire proposal from the mediators. <\/p>\n
It said the Israeli counter-offer had been agreed with the US, but did not provide further details.The US has not publicly commented on the issue.<\/p>\n
It comes as Israeli forces launched a ground operation in Rafah and continued air strikes across Gaza Strip after a ceasefire which had come into force on 19 January ended earlier this month. Both sides had been unable to agree to a second phase of the deal after the first ended.<\/p>\n
During the first phase, Hamas had released 33 hostages. The Iran-backed group is thought to still be holding 59 hostages, although not all are believed to be alive. <\/p>\n
Hamas had previously insisted on sticking to the original deal – with negotiations to start on a second phase that envisaged the release of all the remaining hostages in return for a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces in Gaza and an end to the war. But those negotiations never started.<\/p>\n
Israel and the US instead proposed that the first phase of the ceasefire – which expired a month ago – should be extended, with no clear guarantee that the war would end.<\/p>\n
Israel accused Hamas of rejecting the extension and on 18 March resumed its military strikes on Gaza.<\/p>\n
More than 900 people across the territory have been killed by Israeli air strikes since then, the Hamas-run health ministry has said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the relatives of the remaining hostages have accused Netanyahu of putting hostage lives in danger by breaking the ceasefire.<\/p>\n
One of those hostages, Elkana Bohbot, was shown in a new video posted by Hamas in which he begs for his release.<\/p>\n
The war was triggered when Hamas attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 back to Gaza as captives.<\/p>\n
Israel responded with a massive military offensive, which killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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