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White House says it’s discussing ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says that the US “continues to discuss” the Arab mediators’ ceasefire proposal that was accepted yesterday by Hamas.
“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Hamas accepted this proposal after the president of the United States posted a very strong statement about this conflict on Truth Social yesterday,” Leavitt says during a press briefing, referring to US President Donald Trump’s assertion that all of the hostages will only be released once Hamas has been destroyed.
However, an Arab diplomat tells The Times of Israel that Hamas had already approved the proposal by the time Trump issued his tweet.
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