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Report: Hamas Rejects Israeli Proposal for Temporary Ceasefire

APR 15 2025·Updated APR 17 2025

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Above: People walk past a puddle of water by tent shelters erected near the rubble of a collapsed building in the Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City on April 15, 2025. Image credit: Omar al-Qattaa/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images

The Facts

Hamas has reportedly rejected an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for the group's disarmament. Hamas has said that it will only agree to a deal that includes commitments that Israel will end the war and withdraw from Gaza.
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Reuters
Hamas has said that both parties should stick to the ceasefire framework agreed to in January. Israel has repeatedly said that it will not end the war until Hamas has been destroyed. Around 24 out of 58 remaining hostages are presumed to be alive.
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Hamas said on Tuesday that it had lost contact with the team responsible for guarding U.S.-Israeli captive Edan Alexander after "direct Israeli bombardment" of their location, accusing Israel of trying to kill him. Hamas released a video of Alexander over the weekend, which was likely filmed last week.
Al Jazeera
The Jerusalem Post
Israel's military has said that it does not launch strikes in areas where it suspects hostages may be held. The military admitted last year that there was a "high probability" that an Israeli strike killed three hostages in the early months of the war.
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Al Jazeera
Meanwhile, E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday asserted that Israel had a right to defend itself but condemned the total blockade of aid into Gaza, adding that humanitarian relief must be allowed into the strip.
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Gaza's health ministry has said that around 1,500 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed military operations in Gaza last month. Israel has said Palestinian militants use civilians as human shields and that it avoids civilian casualties.
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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The return to war will not save the hostages. Furthermore, Israel's policy of blocking aid from entering Gaza is creating widespread starvation across the strip. Both sides need to make concessions so that the ceasefire can be fully implemented and the hostages are returned.

The New York Times

Pro-Israel narrative

Hamas got two weeks of a ceasefire for free as it refused to release additional hostages, making a return to war inevitable. Though the media have uncritically parroted Hamas propaganda regarding civilian casualties, the reality is Israel is targeting senior Hamas officials and the terror group's military infrastructure, which is embedded in civilian areas. If Palestinians in Gaza want the war to end, they should force Hamas to release the hostages.

The Jerusalem Post

Pro-Palestine narrative

It should be clear after over a year of grinding brutality that Israel's true goal is to destroy Gaza and starve its people. Indeed, starvation is an integral part of Israel's genocidal campaign. Children are on the verge of starving to death in their mothers' arms, yet the United States and international community have failed to end this travesty.