The media reported on Hamas' agreement to a new cease-fire proposal

The Palestinian Hamas movement has accepted a new cease-fire proposal put forward by Egypt and Qatar, which are mediating negotiations between the movement and Israel. This was announced on August 18 by the AlJazeera television company.

"We have informed the mediators of our approval of their proposal, which was presented yesterday," AlJazeera quoted a Hamas official as saying.

It is noted that this step was taken after the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Cairo to discuss the desire for a cease-fire in Gaza.

Total control: Israel has decided to occupy Gaza

Netanyahu's cabinet approved the plan after ten hours of consultations.

On August 16, Israel put forward a number of conditions to the Palestinian Hamas movement, under which it would be ready to conclude a cease—fire deal - supporters of the movement should lay down their arms and simultaneously release all hostages. It was clarified that several more points of Netanyahu's office's demands were the demilitarization of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip, which will be controlled by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In addition, the Israeli side insists on a change of government, the new representatives of which will "peacefully" side by side with it.

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