Senior mediator spells out Gaza ceasefire proposal agreed to by Hamas; Israel is yet to respond

New administrative capital, Egypt-There was a deaf response of Israel after Hamas said that he had accepted the last proposal of the Arab mediators for a cease-fire in Gaza and to release the remaining hostages.

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, told NBC News on Tuesday that the agreement was based on a proposal from President Donald Trump’s envoy in the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, for a 60-day ceasefire, during which some of the 50 remaining hostages are released and the teams are negotiating a lasting cease-fire.

He added that the proposals would allow “the flow of humanitarian and medical aid in Gaza as soon as possible to remedy it to the current famine.”

“The ball is now at the court of Israel. We would like a positive response from them as soon as possible in order to face the disastrous situation in Gaza, in particular famine and murder of civilians,” he said. “Even if it is only a 60-day truce, it offers an opportunity window. We must apply maximum pressure on both sides to move forward,” he added.

Hamas said in a statement on Monday that the militant group and other Palestinian factions had approved proposals that had been put forward by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.

Asked about this announcement, a spokesperson for the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to a statement he made Monday suggesting a determination to move forward with a military campaign to assume full control of Gaza City in the north of the enclave. They also noted that Hamas seemed to be “under immense pressure”.

Netanyahu’s office did not respond when asked for a new response on the proposals.

Netanyahu’s ultra -nationalist Minister of Finance Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, condemned development on Monday in a statement. “We are only fighting to win! In any case, stop in the middle, with a partial agreement which will abandon half of the hostages and could lead to a stop of the war,” he said.

And Trump also seemed to alleviate the hopes of a truce in an article on Truth Social Monday. “We will only see the return of the hostages remaining only when Hamas is confronted and destroyed !!! The sooner it takes place, the better the chances of success,” he wrote.

His envoy, Witkoff, withdrew from negotiations less than a month ago, accusing Hamas not to act in good faith.

The proposals have occurred while the Palestinians in Gaza continue to fight against a devastating crisis of hunger, with humanitarian groups warning that the aid entering the enclave in recent days will not be enough to limit an increase in deaths due to famine.

Israel prohibited the entry of food, medicine and other vital supplies in Gaza on March 2, in the middle of its ceasefire with Hamas. After lifting the blockade in May, it allowed a net of aid for weeks. But in the midst of an international reaction and accusations of the use of famine as a weapon of war, this finally increased the authorized quantity.

Israel defended the blockade by saying that enough aid enters the band, while Hamas accusation of hijacking, a charge of Hamas and aid groups denied. An internal analysis of the United States government has found no evidence of systematic theft of assistance supplies by Hamas. The Israeli army rejected this report as “biased”.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that it had recorded three other adult deaths “due to famine and malnutrition” within 24 hours, bringing the total number of famine deaths to 266 people, including 112 children.

With the entry by restricted road, some countries have carried out Whatrops, although they are largely considered to be largely ineffective and dangerous. A ship carrying 1,200 tonnes of food for Gaza approached the Israeli Port of Ashdod on Tuesday in order to help resolve the crisis, according to the Associated Press.

Israel launched its offensive in Gaza following the October 7 attacks led by Hamas, in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 hostages, marking a major escalation in a decades conflict.

Since then, more than 62,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including thousands of children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the enclave, while a large part of the territory has been destroyed.