Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, US cites ‘hopeful sign’
By Daphne Psaledakis and Nidal Al-Mughrabi
Qatari and Egyptian mediators said they have received a formal reply on truce deal from Hamas.
TEL AVIV/CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) – Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said on Tuesday in what the U.S. Secretary of State called a hopeful sign.
Qatari and Egyptian mediators said they had received a formal reply from Hamas to the U.N.-backed truce proposal, and Hamas and its ally Palestinian Islamic Jihad expressed “readiness to positively” reach a deal to end the war in Gaza in a joint statement on Tuesday.
Children climb over debris Sunday in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, a day after an operation by Israeli special forces.Eyad Baba / AFP – Getty Images
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