BRIAN OSGOOD and UMUT URAS
Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal by the United States, sources say.
The draft of the agreement includes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 10 living Israeli captives and bodies of several more people, in return for Palestinian prisoners over two stages.
Five Israeli captives will be released at the beginning of the ceasefire, with the other five freed on the 60th day.
Israeli forces on Monday attacked a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City, killing at least 36 Palestinians, including several children.
Overall, more than 50 have been killed in the attacks.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53 977 Palestinians and wounded 122 966, says Gaza’s health ministry. The government media office updated its death toll to more than 61 700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
An estimated 1 139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
– AL JAZEERA
