CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas’ response to the newest Gaza ceasefire proposal is in keeping with the ideas put ahead in U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan, the group’s Qatar-based chief Ismail Haniyeh stated in a televised speech on the event of the Islamic Eid al-Adha on Sunday.

“Hamas and the (Palestinian) groups are ready for a comprehensive deal which entails a ceasefire, withdrawal from the strip, the reconstruction of what was destroyed and a comprehensive swap deal,” Haniyeh stated, referring to the alternate of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

On Might 31, Biden laid out what he referred to as a “three-phase” Israeli proposal that would come with negotiations for a everlasting ceasefire in Gaza in addition to phased exchanges of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Egypt and Qatar – which together with the USA have been mediating between Hamas and Israel – stated on June 11 that they’d obtained a response from the Palestinian teams to the U.S. plan, with out giving additional particulars.

Whereas Israel stated Hamas rejected key parts of the U.S. plan, a senior Hamas chief instructed Reuters that the adjustments the group requested have been “not significant”.