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SvennoJ on 24 July 2025
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Israel examining Hamas response to ceasefire proposal: PM office

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it has received Hamas’s response to a ceasefire proposal through mediators, and it is examining it.

The response reportedly included amendments to conditions around the entry of aid, areas from which the Israeli army should withdraw, and guarantees on securing a permanent end to the war, AFP reported.


Ceasefire talks. What do we know?
  • Hamas and Israel have been engaged in indirect talks through mediators in Qatar’s capital Doha for more than two weeks.
  • As part of the negotiations, Israel proposed a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.
  • Hamas responded to that proposal through the mediators and Israel received the response which is now under review.
  • According to the AFP, quoting a Palestinian source, the response included proposed amendments to clauses on the entry of aid, maps of areas from which the Israeli army should withdraw, and guarantees on securing a permanent end to the war.
  • Israel insists it wants to dismantle Hamas’s military and governing capabilities.
  • Of the 251 Israeli and foreign captives taken during Hamas’s 2023 attack, 49 are still being held in Gaza, including 27 who the Israeli military says are dead.


Hamas submitted ‘real and positive’ response to ceasefire proposal: Mediator

Bishara Bahbah, the national chairman for Arab Americans for Trump (now, Arab Americans for Peace), who has been part of the indirect negotiations in Doha, says “Hamas this morning gave its response to the Israeli proposal on the subject of redeployment and a prisoner exchange.

“Hamas’s response has been real and positive,” he said on Facebook. “Now Israel must enter into serious and swift negotiations to reach a ceasefire. Everyone is waiting for relief. The people of Gaza have suffered enough killing, destruction, and starvation.”