The latest Gaza ceasefire proposal agreed by Hamas is "almost identical" to an earlier plan put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
On Monday, Hamas informed the Egyptian and Qatari mediators that it had agreed to the latest Gaza hostage-ceasefire proposal, a source familiar with the details told The Jerusalem Post.
Israel received Hamas’s proposal on Monday evening. An Israeli official told the Post that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will consider Hamas’s proposal despite it being only a partial deal that doesn’t include the release of all the hostages. However, according to sources, Israel’s position, which includes the release of all the hostages and other conditions to end the war, has not changed.
The proposal would see the release of 10 living Israeli hostages in return for a 60-day ceasefire, and the release of 150 terrorists serving life sentences. The proposal on the table would also see Israel suspend military operations in the Gaza Strip for 60 days and could be seen as a path to reach a comprehensive deal to end the war, an Egyptian official told Reuters.
Axios reported that Hamas’s response “aligns 98%” with the proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, which Israel had previously agreed to. This was later echoed by senior Hamas official Taher al-Nunu in an interview with Al Jazeera on Sunday, who stated that there is "no clause in the proposal we agreed on related to Hamas's weapons."
Earlier, reports emerged that the meeting between Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Palestinian factions, the Egyptian intelligence minister, and Hamas representatives “was positive,” the Qatari Al-Araby TV said on Monday.
Egypt, Qatar worked on updated proposal
The meeting also “demonstrated a heightened sense of responsibility and determination to end the war,” Al-Araby TV continued.
Qatar’s prime minister arrived in Egypt to meet with mediators regarding a potential hostage deal on Monday, sources familiar with the details told the Post.
Hamas received an updated ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar during a meeting also attended by representatives from several Palestinian factions, Al-Araby TV reported.
This is a developing story. Amichai Stein and Walla contributed to this report.