Middle East latest: Egypt offers proposal to get Israel-Hamas ceasefire back on track, officials say

Officials accidental Egypt has introduced a caller connection to effort and get the Israel-Hamas ceasefire backmost connected track.

Hamas would merchandise 5 surviving hostages, including an American-Israeli, successful instrumentality for Israel allowing humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip and a weekslong intermission successful the fighting, an Egyptian authoritative said. Israel would besides merchandise hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

A Hamas authoritative said the radical had “responded positively” to the proposal, without elaborating.

Both officials spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to little media connected the closed-door talks.

Israel ended the existing ceasefire past week by launching a astonishment question of airstrikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians. That came aft Hamas rejected Israeli-backed proposals to alteration the statement successful bid to escaped much hostages earlier talks connected a lasting ceasefire, which were expected to statesman successful aboriginal February.

Hamas has said it volition lone escaped the remaining 59 hostages — 24 of whom are believed to beryllium live — successful speech for the merchandise of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.

— Samy Magdy

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US surgeon successful Gaza says astir patients wounded successful Israeli onslaught connected infirmary had been wounded successful earlier strikes

An American trauma surgeon moving successful Gaza says astir of the patients injured successful an Israeli onslaught connected the largest infirmary successful confederate Gaza had been antecedently wounded erstwhile Israel resumed airstrikes past week.

Californian surgeon Feroze Sidhwa, who is moving with the aesculapian foundation MedGlobal, said Monday helium had been successful the intensive attraction portion astatine Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis erstwhile an airstrike deed surgical wards connected Sunday.

Most of the injured had been recovering from wounds suffered successful airstrikes past week erstwhile Israel resumed the war, helium said.

“They were already trauma patients and present they’ve been traumatized for a 2nd time,” Sidhwa, who was raised successful Flint, Mich., told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Sidhwa said helium had operated connected a antheral and lad days earlier who died successful the attack.