Hamas agrees to US proposal on Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian official says • FRANCE 24 English

But first, at least 52 people were killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza on Monday, including in overnight attacks on a schoolturn shelter. The IDF says they targeted militants which had been operating from the premises. The Israeli army, meanwhile, has also issued new evacuation notices for Kunis. As a military offensive in the enclave gathers pace, international condemnation continues to intensify. Germany has become the latest country to question Israel’s goal in Gaza. We can now bring in our correspondent Noat Tanapolski standing by in Jerusalem. And no, no, we have news coming in that Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire proposal uh by the United States. What do we know about the proposal and the pressure coming in from Washington? Well, we don’t have full details yet and in fact we have a little bit of a contradiction. Reuters, as you said, is reporting that Hamas has agreed to a US Gaza ceasefire plan. I’m reading this because it’s from minutes ago and that this ceasefire plan would include the release of 10 Israeli hostages over a period of 70 days in two stages. Now, we understand from the Israeli government and from President Trump that at least 20 or 21 Israeli hostages are still alive. So this is a partial plan at best and it’s a ceasefire that would last 70 days. However, a Hamas official speaking to the Alud’s television channel um issued a somewhat contradictory statement also just in the last few minutes saying that Hamas has agreed to a US proposal for a permanent ceasefire that would indicate an end to the war and we can suppose the release of all of the Israeli hostages alive and dead. So clearly something is being hooked up in the background right now, but we don’t yet fully know. And also that would also mean an end to the war and Israeli withdrawal of the enclave because also uh while all of this is going on, we had that the Gaza humanitarian fund, a big blow to this organization that was about to get up and running after its head uh Jake Wood resigned saying the organization could not adhere to the principles of impartiality uh and neutrality. What do we know about this fund? Well, here also we have some breaking news which I will read to you aloud. The leader of the Israeli opposition, Ya Laid, just suggested in parliament in the Israeli Knesset that it is the Israeli government using front companies abroad that is funding this entire aid proposal. And I’m emphasizing this because US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabe just last week said that it is wholly untrue to say that Israel is behind this um initiative for aid distribution distribution. However, um now we’re hearing from the leader of the Israeli opposition that it appears to be some kind of semi-secret or subversive Israeli effort. And the spokesperson for this for Yaer Leid, the leader of the Israeli opposition has gone further and is asking whether Israeli security personnel and Israeli funds were not sent abroad so as to organize this entire procedure, which if it’s the case, I think is at least a borderline legal maneuver on Israel’s part. And as you said, this organization of which we know very little, lost its CEO today. He himself hinting that he was leaving because he realized he could not maintain the humanitarian and independent values that he had vowed to keep. And Noa, all this is happening on Jerusalem day. Earlier today, we had uh Israel’s farright national security minister Bengavir who was at Temple Mount with a rabbi as well. not just with the rabbi, with several um Israeli members of the parliament, with a few more ministers behaving in blatantly illegal ways, including lying down in front of the mosque of Al Axa, uh prostrating themselves in prayer. All of this while of course, Itamar Benpir is the minister for national security, so the minister in charge of police. And as we speak, Delano, there are extremely violent incidents taking place in the old city of Jerusalem around Damascus Gate with basically hooligans and thugs who uh are progovern Netanyao government, pro Benvir, assaulting Palestinians and assaulting Israel police officers. Uh it’s an almost out of control situation right now and still very much developing. No, thank you very much for the update. No gatana policy reporting there for us from Jerusalem.

Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for a Gaza ceasefire, a Palestinian official close to the group told Reuters on May 26, paving the way for a possible end to the war with Israel. France 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more.
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38 comments

  8. Here is this current situation in Gaza.
    Netanyahu has a Tank Brigade and bulldozers out there in the Sun of the blazing heat of the desert.
    Does he call them all back to Israel ❓ Does Netanyahu refuse the Cease Fire Proposal and move forward with his plan ❓

  10. Stop this endless,terrifying tragedy of the Palestinian people. It’s obvious from the beginning of the conflict who is aggressor,occupier and oppressor and who is his tragic victim. It’s obvious that occupation,oppression,suffering causes opposition,resistance and reciprocal aggression, because no one agrees to be a slave.

  17. Why does Ben G’vir do this? Is it necessary? How are his actions helping? Or is he just raising the temperature for no reason other than to cause more violence and then blame the Palestinians?

  26. I’d would say all these antiseptic channels are complicit, these same people / countries would kill and have in fact killed way more civilians for a lot less than what Hamas has perpetrated on Oct 7. By slandering Israel and giving false hope to these terrorists, they’re prolonging the war which is killing hostages and civilians alike. Pure evil!!!

  30. Really a ceasefire. Hamas has broken every ceasefire they ever made. It is ridiculous to make a ceasefire with lying terrorists who will keep it only long enough to stock up on weapons of mass destruction to attack again.

  31. Fake news… as always, Hamas puts out its own ceasefire deal and agrees to what they have said..
    In that case Israel has agreed to a ceasefire deal that will release all 58 hostages and disarm hamas.
    Has hamas agreed to it ? No , but hell we have a headline and now we can blame someone for not accepting the deal..

  32. Don’t take the deal Israel 🇮🇱, if you stop they will be back in a few years attacking again.
    Ignore Europe, they are already lost to Islamic immigration.

  33. Thank you France 24, do not forget all the hostages prisoners taken and are suffering in Israels jail.

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