The proposal includes a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in exchange for the release of some hostages in Gaza, Israeli officials said.

A representative of a left-wing faction fighting alongside the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza has told Newsweek his group is open to a temporary ceasefire in their war with Israel and called for greater efforts to establish a unity government among different Palestinian parties.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Israel “backed and supported” the new proposal. View on euronews