Hamas says it agrees to ceasefire proposal in Gaza war
Palestinians search for casualties in the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike in the centre of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh informed Qatari and Egyptian mediators that the group accepted their ceasefire proposal, according to a brief statement from Hamas, which gave no details of the accord.The agreement, should it take effect, would be the first truce since a week-long pause in the fighting in November, and follows months of failed attempts at pausing the fighting to free hostages and allow more aid into Gaza.
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