The New York Times reported officials saying that Hamas' proposal differs from what Tel Aviv and Washington had previously presented.

 

They described Hamas' response as serious and emphasized that it's up to Tel Aviv to decide on an agreement.

 

The newspaper mentioned that CIA Director William Burns is expected to participate in talks scheduled in Cairo on Tuesday.

 

Hamas has communicated its acceptance of the ceasefire proposal to Qatari and Egyptian mediators – in a statement released just now.

 

The statement said that the head of Hamas’ Politburo Chief “Ismail Haniyeh called Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence, Mr. Abbas Kamel, informing them of Hamas's acceptance of their proposal for a ceasefire agreement.”

 

“Israeli” officials, cited by Hebrew media, said that the terms Hamas accepted are those that “Israel” agreed to in the round of negotiations

 

According to those officials, the ceasefire proposal given to Hamas is made unilaterally by Egypt and is not being taken seriously in Tel Aviv before the details are clarified.