Scores of rockets have been fired from Lebanon at northern Israel this morning, according to the IDF - which has retaliated. The exchange of fire follows the death of a senior Hezbollah commander in a presumed Israeli airstrike last night.
Hamas wants written guarantees from the US over a permanent ceasefire and withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza before it signs off on Joe Biden's proposed truce deal, sources have said. Two Egyptian security sources told the Reuters news agency that Hamas would only accept the plan if the guarantees were in place.Egypt is thought to be in contact with the US about the request.
Hamas's concerns seem to centre on the the transition from the first phase of the plan into the second, given a lack of detail. What is the proposed deal?The first of the proposed three-phase deal would be a ceasefire lasting six weeks, during which Israel and Hamas would negotiate a permanent end to the fighting in Gaza, Mr Biden said when outlining the plan at the end of May.
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