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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Hamas rejects Israeli proposal to disarm for 6-week ceasefire — BBC
Gazans, including young children, and Hamas gunmen gather shortly before the release of three Israeli hostages in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on February 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
Hamas has turned down an Israeli offer for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza, which demanded the group to disarm, the BBC reports, citing a senior Palestinian official.
The official says the offer did not include a promise to end the conflict or withdraw Israeli forces, key demands by Hamas.
“The Israeli proposal relayed to the movement through Egypt explicitly called for the disarmament of Hamas without any Israeli commitment to end the war or withdraw from Gaza. Hamas therefore rejected the offer in its entirety,” the official says.
