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Steve Witkoff's proposal (in Arabic) for a 60-day ceasefire.

Full text of Witkoff’s US Gaza ceasefire deal, plus Hamas response

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff drafted a document outlining the main points for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. Al Majalla publishes it in full, alongside the response it got from Hamas.

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