The United States, Israel is waiting for Hamas to respond to a ceasefire in Gaza, says the White House

The United States and Israel are waiting for agitation To respond to 60 days Gaza is a ceasefire The proposal, the White House said Thursday.

White House journalist Caroline Levitt said Israel had signed a suggestion that Steve Witkev and President Trump had been sent to Hamas.

An Israeli official and familiar American source confirmed that the proposed deal not only includes a 60 -day ceasefire, but also plans to issue 10 live hostages and 18 dead remains.

The American source added that “the aid will flow.”

Levitte said on Thursday: “I can confirm that the special envoy is Witzouf and the president made a suggestion for a ceasefire to Hamas that supported and supported Israel,” Levitte said on Thursday. “Israel signed this proposal before sending it to Hamas. I can also confirm that these discussions are continuing, and we hope that the ceasefire will be done in Gaza so that we can return all the hostages to the house.”

Levitte said that Hamas did not accept the deal, as I know, but if there is a deal, the audience will hear it directly from it or Beskouf or the president himself.

Bassem Nayem, a senior Hamas official, said in a statement that the proposal “failed to meet any of the demands of our people, above all, including the end of war and famine,” but “the leadership of the movement is considering responding to full national responsibility, in light of the collective genocide faced by our people.”

The character of the senior enthusiasm said closely in the negotiations for CBS News that they are studying the proposal and do not feel that there are many options. Hamas Al -Kabir said that Hamas asked the United States clear guarantees that Israel will not attack Gaza within 60 days of the ceasefire.

A source familiar with American communication with enthusiasm CBS News tells that the deal is close, and as soon as the response is received, it will be sent directly to Mr. Trump and Witkoff.

President Trump recently expressed optimism that there would be a deal. Hamas still holds 58 hostages, nearly a third of them believed to be alive, out of about 250 who were transported during the group’s terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The rest was released during a previous fighting period in the fighting or confirmed.

The ceasefire earlier between Israel and Hamas It ended in March After the two sides failed to agree on the conditions for its extension and Israel resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip. During this temporary truce, dozens of hostages were released by Hamas in exchange for Israel, about 2000 Palestinian prisoners were released.

Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He said It was open to the temporary ceasefire deal to launch more hostages, but “there will be no way to stop the war” until Hamas was defeated.

About 1,200 people were killed in a 2023 terrorist attack on Israel, most of them civilians. Since then, about 54,000 people have been killed in the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip, most of them are women and children, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between civilian deaths and fighting.

Delivery of aid to the Gaza tape I resumed earlier this month After more than two months of the siege. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a new, controversial assistant group- the United States and Israeli-backed by Israeli, Food distribution began this week.