Hamas announced it was “exploring” a ceasefire plan with Israel

Political leader of HamasIsmail Haniyeh, the group said this Monday “reading” Mediator Qatar yesterday tabled the treaty proposal and said it would respond “soon”, but it demanded “Complete Withdrawal of Troops” Israelis from the Gaza Strip.

“The movement is open to discussing any serious and practical initiative or idea as long as it leads to a comprehensive end to the occupation,” Haniyeh said in a statement released by the group.

The intelligence chiefs of Israel, the United States and Egypt and Qatar's prime minister met in Paris yesterday after two days of talks to agree a new ceasefire and a proposed hostage exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Hamas leadership was replaced last night.

Haniyeh, who spent several years in self-imposed exile in Qatar, confirmed that the group had received the proposal. Will give his answer soon Based on “the priority of ending the brutal occupation of Gaza and the complete withdrawal of occupying forces from the Strip.”

The Hamas leader also said that any deal with Israel must include guarantees The return home of nearly 2 million Gazans Most of those displaced by the violence are in the Rafah region on the border with Egypt.

Also, Haniya requested An “intensive prisoner exchange process” It guarantees the freedom of our heroic prisoners and puts an end to their suffering”, according to a previous cease-fire agreement reached a week in November in which Hamas handed over 105 hostages in exchange for the release of 240 Palestinian prisoners.

The Hamas leader confirmed that the leadership of the movement has been invited to El Gario to discuss the draft agreement reached at the Paris meeting and the requirements for its implementation.

After the meeting in Paris, the US and Qatar were optimistic about the chances of reaching a deal, although Israel insisted that “the road to an agreement is long” and lamented that the plan contained “unacceptable aspects”. Demand a total withdrawal of its troops and an end to the war.

Meanwhile, Gaza's health ministry said on Tuesday that at least 26,751 people have died in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory since the war with Israel began. The new tally was released by a ministry statement that said a further 65,636 people had been injured since the conflict began on October 7 after a Hamas attack on Israeli soil.

“Many victims are under the rubble and on the roads, and the occupation is preventing ambulances and civil defense teams from reaching them,” Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra condemned.

One of the areas hardest hit by fighting and shelling is Khan Yunis in the south, where Israel has placed the city's main hospitals, Nasser and Al Amal, under siege for eight days.

“The Israeli occupation forces are carrying out mass executions in Khan Yunis, besieging its hospitals and preventing the movement of ambulances to rescue the wounded,” Al Qudra said.

The Palestinian Red Cross condemned the “intense shelling” near Al Amal Hospital, an area the army has ordered evacuated, including a medical center housing thousands of patients and evacuees.

The official Palestinian Wafa agency announced airstrikes against two family homes in Gaza City, and to the north, Israel is stepping up its operations after reducing the intensity of its attacks in view of the return of Hamas militants to the area.

“Medical sources indicated that dozens of civilians were killed and dozens more injured in Israeli shelling against two houses of the Madouk and Al Amavi families in Al Sabra neighborhood south of Gaza City,” Wafa reported.

With agency information