Israeli official says Jerusalem reviewing latest Hamas response to ceasefire proposal

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24 July 2025, 4:34 am

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

An Israeli official tells The Times of Israel that a Hamas statement announcing it gave mediators its response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal refers to an updated response.

Hamas submitted an earlier response on Tuesday, which was quickly rejected by the Arab mediators, who refused to even share it with the US and Israel and demanded that the terror group present something more reasonable.

Hamas agreed to the demand, with the Israeli official confirming that the latest response doesn’t include some of the demands in the proposal that the terror group submitted on Tuesday.

Israel is still reviewing the Hamas response in full, the official adds.