DUBAI: Mediator Qatar said on Tuesday that a Gaza ceasefire proposal endorsed by Hamas was “almost identical” to a version previously agreed by Israel, though it cautioned against assuming a breakthrough has been reached.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari told reporters in Doha that Hamas had given a “very positive response” to the latest draft.
“It truly was almost identical to what the Israeli side had previously agreed to,” he said in a live streamed press conference on Tuesday.
However, Al-Ansari stressed that Israel had yet to reply but hoped for a quick and positive response.
Pressed on whether the current text differed from an earlier proposal advanced by US envoy Steve Witkoff, Al-Ansari declined to go into detail, citing the sensitivity of ongoing negotiations.
