Palestinian group says will announce its ‘final decision’ after the consultations are over.The Palestinian group Hamas has said it is in consultations with various Palestinian factions about the latest ceasefire proposal for Gaza, as Israel’s relentless bombardment of the besieged enclave enters its 22nd month.
In a statement on Friday, Hamas said it had entered discussions “with the leaders of Palestinian forces and factions around the proposal it received” from the mediating countries.
“The movement will submit a final decision to the mediators after the consultations are over and will announce that officially,” it added.
A source close to Hamas told Reuters news agency the group has sought guarantees that the new United States-backed ceasefire proposal, the details of which two Israeli officials said were still being worked out, would lead to an end to Israel’s war on Gaza and not allow it to break the ceasefire and resume its attacks at any time of its choosing.
US President Donald Trump, who is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, said he expects a response from Hamas soon on whether they will accept what he describes as a “final proposal” for a ceasefire.
“We’ll see what happens, we are going to know over the next 24 hours,” he said when asked whether Hamas had agreed to the latest ceasefire deal framework.
Trump said on Tuesday that Israel had accepted the conditions needed to finalise a 60-day ceasefire with Hamas, during which the parties …