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Egypt puts forward proposal on how to end Israel-Hamas war

Source: REUTERS

Egypt has put forward an ambitious proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war with a permanent ceasefire.

A phased hostage release and the creation of a Palestinian government of experts who would administer the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank would also be part of the plan, a senior Egyptian official and a European diplomat said.

But Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad have rejected the idea, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday.

Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas' political bureau, later denied in a

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