Hamas official says he rejects the ceasefire in Gaza, the new US -backed United States

A senior Hamas official told the BBC that the Palestinian Armed Group will reject the latest American suggestion of the ceasefire in the new Gaza and the hostage.

The White House said on Thursday that Israel was “signed” on the plan of the American envoy Steve Witkev and that it was waiting for an official response from Hamas.

The Israeli media cited Israeli officials as saying that it would witness that Hamas took over 10 live hostages and 18 bodies hostage in two phases in exchange for a 60 -day ceasefire and the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.

The Hamas official said the proposal did not satisfy the basic demands, including the end of the war, and that he would respond in a timely manner.

The Israeli government did not comment, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the hostage families on Thursday that it was before the Witkeov plan.

Israel imposed a totally siege on Gaza and resumed its military attack against Hamas on March 18, after a two -month ceasefire collapsed by the United States, Qatar and Egypt.

She wanted to pressure Hamas to launch 58 hostages still holds, and it is believed that at least 20 of them are alive.

On May 19, the Israeli army launched an extensive attack that Netanyahu said the forces “control all areas” in Gaza. The next day, he said that Israel would reduce the siege and allow a “basic” amount of food in Gaza to prevent famine.

Nearly 4000 people have been killed in Gaza over the past ten weeks, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in the region.

The United Nations says that 600,000 people have been displaced again by Israeli operations and evacuation orders, and warns a report from the unaccounted IPC on that. 500,000 people face catastrophic levels of hunger In the coming months.

At a press conference in Washington, DC on Thursday, White House press secretary Caroline Levit was asked whether she could confirm a report issued by Saudi Arabia -owned Arab TV, which Israel and Hamas agreed to a new ceasefire deal.

She said: “I can confirm that the special envoy is Witakouf and the president made a suggestion to a ceasefire to Hamas supported by Israel and his support. Israel signed this proposal before sending it to Hamas.”

She added: “I can also confirm that these discussions are continuing, and we hope that the ceasefire in Gaza can be done so that we can return all the hostages to the house.”

However, a senior Hamas official later said that the deal contradicts previous discussions between the group’s negotiators and Witkoff.

The BBC official told that the offer did not include the guarantees that the temporary truce would lead to a permanent ceasefire, nor a return to the human protocol that allowed hundreds of aid trucks in Gaza daily during the last ceasefire.

However, he said that Hamas has been in contact with the brokers and would provide its written response in time.

Earlier, Channel 12 TV reported that Netanyahu told the hostage families at a meeting: “We agree to accept the latest Witkoff plan that was transferred to us tonight. Hamas has not yet responded. We do not think that Hamas will launch the last hostage, and we will not leave the tape until all the hostages are in our hands.”

His office later issued a statement accusing one of the channel’s correspondents of trying to “smuggle” a registration device in the room where the meeting was held. But he did not deny that he agreed to the US proposal.

Netanyahu has already said that Israel would end the war only when all hostages are launched, Hamas is destroyed or disarmed, and its leaders were sent to exile.

Hamas said it is ready to return all those who detained the prisoner, in exchange for a full end to the full Israeli actions and the full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on the border on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.

Four other people, two of whom were killed, were already detained in Gaza before the conflict.

So far, Israel has obtained the return of 197 hostages, 148 of them alive, most of them through two temporary ceasefire deals with Hamas.

At least 54,249 people have been killed in Gaza during the war, including 3986 since Israel resumed its attack, according to the Ministry of Health in the region.

On Thursday, at least 54 people were killed by Israeli strikes throughout Gaza, according to the Hamas Civil Defense Agency. Among them are 23 people who died when a house was injured in the central Burij area.

The Israeli army said it struck “dozens of terrorist targets” during the past day.