{"id":447179,"date":"2025-08-19T12:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=447179"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:10:35","slug":"hamas-accepts-an-arab-ceasefire-proposal-on-gaza-as-palestinian-death-toll-passes-62000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/hamas-accepts-an-arab-ceasefire-proposal-on-gaza-as-palestinian-death-toll-passes-62000\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas accepts an Arab ceasefire proposal on Gaza as Palestinian death toll passes 62,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

RAFAH, Egypt (SONNA) \u2014 Hamas said Monday it has accepted a new proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip<\/span>\u00a0as Israel indicated its positions haven\u2019t changed, while Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll from 22 months of war has passed 62,000.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on the long-running negotiations that Washington has mediated as well. \u201cWe will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be,\u201d he posted on social media.<\/p>\n

Israel announced\u00a0plans to reoccupy Gaza City<\/span>\u00a0and other heavily populated areas after ceasefire talks\u00a0appeared to break down<\/span>\u00a0last month, raising the possibility of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, which experts say\u00a0is sliding into famine<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Plans to expand the offensive, in part aimed at pressuring Hamas, have sparked international outrage and infuriated many Israelis who fear for the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that started the war. Hundreds of thousands took part in\u00a0mass protests on Sunday<\/span>\u00a0calling for their return.<\/p>\n

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Egypt says Witkoff invited to join talks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said mediators are \u201cexerting extensive efforts\u201d to revive a U.S. proposal for a 60-day ceasefire, during which some of the remaining 50 hostages would be released and the sides would negotiate a lasting ceasefire and the return of the rest.<\/p>\n

Abdelatty told The Associated Press they are inviting U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to join the ceasefire talks.<\/p>\n

Source: AP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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RAFAH, Egypt (SONNA) \u2014 Hamas said Monday it has accepted a new proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip\u00a0as Israel indicated its positions haven\u2019t changed, while Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll from 22 months of war has passed 62,000. U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to cast doubt on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":447180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-447179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447181,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447179\/revisions\/447181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}