Washington: Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said on Thursday. “I can confirm that special envoy (Steve) Witkoff and the President submitted a ceasefire proposal to Hamas that Israel backed and supported,” White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
But Leavitt said talks were ongoing and Hamas had not yet accepted terms of the proposal. Witkoff had said on Wednesday that the US administration was close to presenting a new proposal. The new proposal was intended to return surviving as well as dead hostages still being held in Gaza in exchange for an extended truce in fighting.
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