The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has reportedly accepted a proposed ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Israel.
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An official Egyptian source, representing one of the mediators in the negotiations, confirmed that Hamas has agreed to the latest proposal: a 60-day ceasefire that would include the return of half of the captives held in Gaza in exchange for Israel releasing a number of Palestinian prisoners.
The proposed deal follows negotiations between Hamas, Egyptian and Qatari officials that have been taking place in Cairo in recent days.
Senior Hamas official Basem Naim confirmed the news, saying in a Facebook post that "The movement has handed over its approval to the new proposal presented by the mediators."
According to the Egyptian source, the latest proposal also includes a path to a comprehensive deal that ends the nearly two-year genocidal war in Gaza.
The latest proposal was expected to be presented to Israel on Monday, although Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is no longer interested in part deals.
It was reported that the proposal is nearly identical to the one that was put forward by US special envoy Steve Witkoff and was accepted by Israel.
The latest development comes in the wake of Trump's declaration that, “We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform earlier on Monday, referring to the Israeli captives.
Israel has launched a genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian resistance fighters carried out the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the Zionist entity in response to the regime's decades-long campaign of death and destruction against Palestinians.
The regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians and injured 156,230 others, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
Since March 2, when it violated its ceasefire agreement with Hamas, the Israeli regime has sealed all border crossings, blocking the entry of humanitarian aid and further deepening Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis.
