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Source: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/07/us-israel-hamas-hostage-ceasefire-talks
Ceasefire Proposal Hamas Agreed To Is Different from What Israel Agreed To
(Axios) Barak Ravid - Hamas announced on Monday that it accepted a ceasefire proposal given to it by Egypt and Qatar. Three Israeli officials said the Hamas announcement surprised the Israeli government and that Israel didn't receive the text of the response until an hour after Hamas' announcement. When the Israelis read Hamas' response, they were surprised to see it contained "many new elements" that were not part of the proposal that Israel agreed on that was presented to Hamas ten days ago. "It looked like a whole new proposal," one official said. Two senior Israeli officials said that over the weekend, the Egyptians gave the Hamas delegation in Cairo a new proposal without coordinating with Israel. The officials claimed CIA director Bill Burns and other Biden administration officials knew about the new proposal but didn't tell Israel.