Hamas agrees to ceasefire but ‘deal’ not acceptable to Israel

The exodus in Rafah had already begun when, late on Monday, Hamas issued a statement saying it would accept the ceasefire deal. It is a dramatic development after seven months of bloody conflict in Gaza.

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But the deal is not done, with an Israeli official quoted in the past few minutes saying that Hamas had agreed to a softened version of the proposed deal, that was not acceptable to Israel.

Is this all last minute brinkmanship or could the possibility of peace slip away again?

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