Israel plans to send negotiating team to Qatar for indirect ceasefire talks
It comes after Hamas said it issued a "positive response" to a U.S.-mediated ceasefire proposal.
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It comes after Hamas said it issued a "positive response" to a U.S.-mediated ceasefire proposal.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would send its negotiating team to Qatar, this after Hamas said it had issued a "positive response" to a U.S.-mediated ceasefire proposal.
The militant group delivered its response to the proposal on Friday, just as Israel conducted a new round of strikes on the enclave, which left at least twenty dead.
Hamas said it has given a "positive response" to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in its war with Israel, but negotiations are needed on how to implement it. Meantime, a hospital in Gaza reports 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
A Gaza hospital said another 20 people died overnight while waiting for aid near sites connected to the Gaza humanitarian foundation.
New video shows several blasts lighting up the sky over the Gaza Strip early Friday morning. Health officials in Gaza said about half of those killed were women and children, with many waiting for aid.
Trump said in a Tuesday evening social media post that Israel had "agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize" a 60-day ceasefire, and he called on Hamas to accept the deal, warning the U.S.- and Israeli-designated terrorist group that "it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE."
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is defending the plan, saying these clans oppose Hamas, and it is being done under the advice of security elements.
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Witnesses said Israeli soldiers shot at the crowds just before dawn near the site, but Israel denies responsibility for the mass shooting.
Witnesses claim Israeli forces fired on the crowds that were about a thousand yards away, but the Israeli military released a statement saying they weren't aware of any injuries near an aid distribution site and are reviewing this matter.
As Bradley Blackburn reports, the Trump administration is trying to finalize a ceasefire, between Israel and Hamas.
U.S. negotiators have not publicized the terms of the proposal, which Israel has reportedly approved. A Hamas official and an Egyptian official say it calls for a 60-day pause in fighting, provides guarantees of serious negotiations for a long-term truce, and assures that Israel will not resume military operations after the release of hostages as it did in March.
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