Cairo, 28 December 2023 (dpa/MIA) – Egypt has proposed a plan to halt the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza but has not yet received any responses, an Egyptian official confirmed on Thursday.

“The proposal includes three successive and linked stages, ending with a ceasefire,” Dia Rashwan, the head of the State Information service, Egypt’s state media organization, said.

The proposal was drafted after Cairo listened to views of all parties concerned, he said without elaborating.

“Upon receipt of responses from the parties concerned, the proposal will be elaborated in detail, and will be announced in full,” Rashwan said in an online statement.

Last week, a Hamas delegation led by its chief Ismail Haniyeh visited Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials, the group said.

Last month, Qatar and Egypt helped broker a temporary truce agreed by Israel and Hamas that also facilitated hostage-for-prisoner swaps.

Egypt, the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, had mediated in previous conflicts between Palestinians and Israel.

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