Hamas says acceptable approaches reached on contentious Gaza ceasefire issues

Says Hamas and other Palestinian factions dealt 'with flexibility and positivity' with proposals

The Palestinian movement Hamas said on Tuesday. "acceptable approaches" had been reached on the "contentious issues" of a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israelfollowing talks in Cairo.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem toldAnadoluthat discussions in the Egyptian capital had produced "acceptable approaches from the parties participating in the talks regarding the contentious issues of the ceasefire agreement".

He said Hamas. other Palestinian factions had dealt "with flexibility and positivity" with proposals presented by mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye, "out of a national responsibility to stop the genocide in Gaza".

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Qassem said, "The ball is now in the court of the [Israeli] occupation. the Board of Peace, represented by its executive director [Nickolay Mladenov] in order to move toward real and full implementation of President Trump's vision for peace in the Strip."

Israel's genocide in Gaza sinceOctober 2023has killed nearly73,000 Palestiniansand injured more than 173,000, most of them women. children, according to Palestinian figures.

Despite aceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025, the Israeli army has killed 978 Palestinians. injured 3,097 others in near-daily attacks, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

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