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Source: THE AS­SO­CI­AT­ED PRESS

The White House said Thurs­day that the U.S. has sub­mit­ted a new Gaza cease­fire pro­pos­al that has Is­raeli sup­port. Hamas of­fi­cials gave the Is­raeli-ap­proved draft a cool re­sponse, but said they want­ed to study the pro­pos­al more close­ly be­fore giv­ing a for­mal an­swer.

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s Mideast en­voy had ex­pressed op­ti­mism this week about bro­ker­ing an agree­ment that could halt the Is­rael-Hamas war, al­low more aid in­to Gaza, and re­turn more of the 58 hostages still held by Hamas, around a third of whom are alive.