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Israel has agreed to a US-proposed plan to extend the Gaza ceasefire through Ramzan and Passover, offering a temporary truce in exchange for the release of hostages. However, Hamas has rejected the proposal,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's office said Israel accepted a proposal to extend the ceasefire in Gaza following reports Israel refused to enter the second phase of the agreement or start negotia

Israel has approved a US proposal to extend the truce in Gaza through the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish Passover holiday in mid-April, the office of the Israeli prime minister has said.

Israel said Sunday that it agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during Ramadan and Passover, following a proposal from US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff, hours after the first phase of a ceasefire was set to expire.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem responded to Israel's acceptance of US envoy Steve Witkoff's proposal for a temporary ceasefire during the Ramadan and Passover periods, saying that his organization ...

It was "a really emotional experience for him," Steve Witkoff, Trump's Middle East envoy ... holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Passover. Also to continue negotiations.

A delicate truce between Israel and Hamas hangs by a thread after Israel blocked humanitarian aid into Gaza, in response to Hamas rejecting a new Israeli proposal to extend the ceasefire without any commitment to end the war or fully withdraw troops.

Israel approves extending the ceasefire in Gaza temporarily. The proposal was put forth by the US's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and it covered Ramzan and Passover.

Israel has agreed to a temporary ceasefire extension proposal from President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, for the period around the Muslim Ramadan and Jewish Passover ...

Israel will adopt the proposal by US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, the prime minister’s office said ...