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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy

Mediators work on proposal for long-term truce as Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 9

Israel Palestinians - (Copyright 2025, The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Arab mediators are working on a proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war that would include a five to seven year truce and the release of all remaining hostages, officials said Wednesday. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed nine people overnight, according to local health authorities.

Egypt and Qatar are still developing the proposal, which would include the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the entire strip and the release of Palestinian prisoners, according to an Egyptian official and a Hamas official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

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