Hamas has accepted a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza

Hamas accepted a new proposal from the mediators on a truce with Israel in Gaza on Monday, associated with a release of hostages selected in the Palestinian territory, said an official of the Islamist movement.

The efforts, in recent months, of the mediators-Egypt, Qatar and the United States-have so far failed to lead to a lasting ceasefire in the war which has ravaged the Gaza band for 22 months, where, according to the Civil Defense, 19 Palestinians were killed on Monday in Israeli strikes and shooting.

At the end of the afternoon, no Israeli officials had yet commented on this truce proposal presented in Hamas in Cairo.

Hamas gave its response to the mediators and confirmed that it accepted the new proposal for a cease-fire without requesting changes.

This diplomatic revival comes at a time when the Israeli army is preparing to conquer the city of Gaza and the neighboring refugee camps hitting its control hitherto, under a new plan adopted with the displayed objective of ending Hamas and freeing all hostages.

Truce and release of hostages, in two waves

The proposal accepted by Hamas resumes the main lines of a previous American plan. She is based on that of the American envoy [Steve] Witkoff, who provides for a 60 -day truce and the release of Israeli prisoners in two wavesaccording to a Palestinian source close to the file.

The proposal is a framework agreement to launch negotiations on a permanent ceasefireadded this source, before Hamas announced its agreement.

According to a source in Islamic jihad, an ally of Hamas, the plan provides a cease-fire of 60 days in exchange for the release of 10 Israeli hostages, and the restitution of a certain number of bodies of captives. The remaining captives would be released in a second phase, with immediate negotiations to follow for a wider agreement aimed at putting an end to war, with international guarantees.

Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would only accept an agreement in which all the hostages will be released in one go and according to our conditions to end the war in Gaza, threatened with a widespread according to theHim.

On its network Truth socialUS President Donald Trump commented: We will only see the return of the hostages remaining only when Hamas is destroyed! The more it will happen, the better the chances of success.

Mr. Netanyahu is subject to strong pressures so much from public opinion, which fears for the fate of the 49 hostages still retained in Gaza – including 27 dead according to the army -, in international opinion, where calls are multiplying to end the suffering of Gazaouis.

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Sunday in Tel Aviv to claim the end of the war and the return of the hostages, kidnapped on October 7, 2023 during the unprecedented attack in Hamas in Israel which sparked the war in Gaza.

Since the start of the war, Israel has been begging 2.4 million Palestinians to Gaza, which he submitted in early March to a total humanitarian blockade, then reduced in May against international criticism.

251 people, most of whom were released in two previous trucers, had been taken hostage during the October 7 attack, which caused the death of 1219 people, mostly civilians, on the Israeli side.

The Israeli reprisal offensive in Gaza left 62,004 dead there, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, deemed reliable by theHim. She also caused a humanitarian disaster.

The Minister of Egyptian Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, said on Monday at the border between Gaza and Egypt, that his country was ready To contribute to any international force which could be deployed in Gazaprovided that it is based on a resolution of the Security Council, a clear mandate and is part of a political perspective.

He has alarmed a humanitarian situation on the ground beyond any imagination.

International amnesty accused Israel of leading Gaza a deliberate famine campaignwith the will to systematically destroy health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life.

Israel has repeatedly rejected the accusations of deliberate famine, and claims to work now to let in more food.