Hamas is waiting for a response from Israel on its ceasefire proposal, two officials from the Palestinian group said on Sunday, five days after it accepted a key part of a U.S. plan aimed at ending the nine-month-old war in Gaza.
"We have left our response with the mediators and are waiting to hear the occupation's response," one of the two Hamas officials told Reuters, asking not to be identified.
It aims to end the war and free around 120 Israeli hostages being held by Hamas.
Another Palestinian official, with knowledge of the ceasefire deliberations, said Israel was in talks with the Qataris.
"They have discussed with them Hamas' response and they promised to give them Israel's response within days," the official, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters on Sunday.
Persons:
Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Netanyahu, William Burns, Ehab Al
Organizations:
Hamas, Reuters, U.S, Palestinian, Sunday, U.S . Central Intelligence Agency, Civil Emergency Service, UNRWA
Locations:
Zawayda, Gaza, Israel, U.S, Qatar, Egypt, Christian