Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, expressed optimism earlier this week about brokering an agreement to halt the conflict in Gaza and return more of the hostages captured in the attack that ignited it.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Israel “backed and supported” the new proposal.
However, Hamas officials gave the Israeli-approved draft a cool response, saying they wanted to study the proposal more closely before giving a formal answer.
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