<figure id="attachment_2980837" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2980837" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2980837" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/6580653b-hamas-miltants-08022025.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2980837" class="wp-caption-text">The source said Hamas and its factions agreed to the new ceasefire proposal without requesting any amendments. (AP pic)</figcaption></figure>
GAZA CITY: A Hamas source told AFP on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and Israel.
&#8220;Hamas has delivered its response to the mediators, confirming that Hamas and the factions agreed to the new ceasefire proposal without requesting any amendments,&#8221; the Hamas source told AFP, requesting anonymity.
A Palestinian source familiar with the negotiations told AFP that mediators were &#8220;expected to announce that an agreement has been reached and set a date for the resumption of talks.&#8221;
The source added that &#8220;mediators provided Hamas and the factions with guarantees for the implementation of the agreement, along with a commitment to resume talks to seek a permanent solution.&#8221;
There has been no immediate response from the Israeli government side to the development.
Efforts by mediators Egypt and Qatar, along with the US, have so far failed to secure a lasting ceasefire in the war, now in its 23rd month, which has created a dire humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
A separate Palestinian official earlier on Monday told AFP that mediators had proposed an initial 60-day truce and hostage release in two batches.
A source from Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant faction that has fought alongside Hamas in Gaza, told AFP that the plan involved a 60-day ceasefire &#8220;during which 10 Israeli hostages would be released alive, along with a number of bodies&#8221;.
According to the same source, &#8220;the remaining captives would be released in a second phase, with immediate negotiations to follow for a broader deal&#8221; for a permanent end to the war &#8220;with international guarantees&#8221;, the source added.
Out of 251 hostages taken during Hamas&#8217;s Oct 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war, 49 are still held in Gaza, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead.
Hamas&#8217;s attack resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Israel&#8217;s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 62,004 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to figures from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, which the UN considers reliable.

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