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2024-05-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

US says it is studying Hamas response on Gaza ceasefire

[GEO.TV] The United States is studying Hamas's response to a ceasefire proposal and will discuss it with allies in the Middle East in the coming hours, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters on Monday.

That’ll keep them busy while the grownups get on with what must be done.

"I can confirm that Hamas has issued a response. We are reviewing that response now and discussing it with our partners in the region," Miller said on Monday afternoon, confirming that a response was received in the last hour or 90 minutes and that discussions would take place in the coming hours.

CIA director Bill Burns is in the region "working on this in real time," Miller said.
Notice the issue which is NOT being discussed by Washington? Yes, the hostages.

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#1 US knew of mediators’ altered proposal to Hamas, did not inform Israel — report

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-05-07 05:46|| 2024-05-07 05:46|| Front Page Top

/\ And this should come as a surprise to whom.
Please let me guess. No mention made of the hostages in the new offer ?

Snippet from Grom's comment and article:

Washington was aware of the new proposal presented to Hamas by Arab mediators in recent days but failed to inform Israel about it, triggering intense Israeli disappointment with the US administration and suspicion regarding its role as a mediator moving forward, according to a Tuesday report.

Citing Israeli officials, Axios reported that Jerusalem was caught by surprise when Hamas suddenly announced on Monday its acceptance of a ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar. Israel says it was not made aware of the document nor did it see its contents until after Hamas made its announcement to the media.

The new offer was apparently presented to Hamas by Egyptian officials during talks in Cairo over the weekend. Neither Hamas nor the mediators specified Monday that the proposal agreed to was different from the one Israel had accepted days earlier, creating the impression that Hamas had greenlit an offer Israel had already signed off on.

But within hours, Israel, having reviewed the document, said it did not meet its key demands, and announced it was moving forward with its planned operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, while continuing to engage with the mediators.

Israeli officials told Hebrew media they viewed the move as “a ruse” by Hamas to paint itself as willing to reach a deal and Israel as the obstinate party.

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