Hamas told Egyptian and Qatari mediators that it had accepted their Gaza ceasefire proposal, Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera reported on Monday, citing a leading Hamas official.
Terror group said its supreme leader had delivered the news to Qatar and Egypt Hamas told Egypt ian and Qatar i mediators that it had accepted their Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Israel has refused and described the deal as 'a ruse'.
'This would appear to be a ruse intended to make Israel look like the side refusing a deal,' said the Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Palestinians gather outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital to celebrate after Hamas informed Qatar and Egypt that it had approved their proposals for a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on May 6, 2024
READ MORE: Dogs start eating bodies of the dead in the streets of Rafah as Israel begins evacuation of the city Advertisement The agreement, should it take effect, would be the first truce since a week-long pause in the fighting in November, and follows months of failed attempts at pausing the fighting to free hostages and allow more aid into Gaza.
Over a million people in Rafah are huddled in tents and overcrowded apartments after fleeing Israel's military offensive in other parts of the territory. Palestinians react after Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 6, 2024 Aid agencies have warned that an offensive would worsen Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe and bring a surge of more civilian deaths in an Israeli campaign that has killed 34,000 people and devastated the territory.
Hamas and Qatar said invading Rafah would derail efforts by international mediators to broker a ceasefire. Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani, an army spokesman, said about 100,000 people were being ordered to move from parts of Rafah to a nearby Israel-declared humanitarian zone called Muwasi, a makeshift camp on the coast.
People flee the eastern parts of Rafah after the Israeli military began evacuating Palestinian civilians ahead of a threatened assault UNRWA will not evacuate from Rafah so it can continue to provide aid to those who stay behind, said Scott Anderson, the agency's director in Gaza. 'We will provide aid to people wherever they choose to be,' he said.
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