Deal would include 60-day halt to military operations and exchange of half of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners Hamas officials say they have accepted a proposal for a Gaza ceasefire deal that would include the release of half of the remaining 20 living hostages as part of a phased resolution to the war, as Gaza health officials said 62,000 Palestinians had now died in the 22 months of war. The proposed deal follows negotiations between Hamas and Egyptian and Qatari officials that have been taking place in Cairo in recent days, and comes after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was confronted on Sunday by Israel’s biggest protests of the war, which called for a deal to secure the release of the country’s hostages. Continue reading...

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