Hamas said it accepted a proposal for a cease-fire. Israel responded that the deal didn't meet its requirements and announced it was pushing ahead with an assault in Rafah.
Makeshift tents for displaced Palestinians at a temporary camp in Rafah, southern Gaza, on May 3.TEL AVIV, Israel — A Gaza cease-fire deal is hanging in the balance, as Israel began striking targets in eastern Rafah, hours after Hamas said it had accepted a proposal from Egypt and Qatar.
The Israeli government said Monday it would send a delegation to negotiate"an agreement under conditions acceptable to Israel." The Egyptian officials told NPR the proposal included three phases: The first would entail the release of a small number of hostages taken from Israel on Oct. 7, in exchange for a six-week pause in fighting. That would be followed by a second six-week truce. A third phase would include U.S. guarantees of an end to the war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country must retain the right to continue the war and that a permanent cease-fire and Israeli troop withdrawal would leave Hamas, which led the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, intact.messages ordering the evacuation of some parts of Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza that borders with Egypt. The Israeli military posted maps on social media with arrows instructing people where to go.
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