Start by the beginning of next week. Reuters News Agency Says hamas has received a draught proposal from Gaza Truce Talks in paris which includes a 40 day pause in all Military Operations and the exchange of Palestinian Prisoners for israeli hostages at a ratio of ten to one. As negotiations between hamas and israel continue, President Biden has said israel has agreed in principle not to engage in military activities in gaza during the muslim holy month of ramadan. Heres the us president speaking late on monday. Reporter can you give us a sense of when you think that ceasefire will start . Well, i hope by the beginning of the weekend. I mean, end of the weekend. My National Security adviser tells me that were close. Were close. Not done yet. And my hope is by next monday well have a ceasefire. In the hours after that statement, President Biden also appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers on nbc, where he said israel has agreed in principle not to engage in military activities in the ga
Let us talk about what we know so far. With me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. Talk to me first of all about the meeting, the second time in 24 the meeting, the second time in 2a hours the war cabinet has met. Do we have any clarity on what can happen next . We what can happen next . No decision what can happen next . No decision has what can happen next . Fir . Decision has been announced yet by the agreement within the cabinet is about the response, the military Chief Of Staff said the Reading Attack will be better with a response, but the timing and the response, it will affect the escalation or the response because iranians have said what is done destructive consulate in damascus was a strategic mistake and what they have done, it was self defence. In that case, that is it. Israel says it is damaging, so the attack on its soil, even if the damage was minimum, inside israel it looks like damage for its reputation as a superpower. The pressure on the cabinet and on mr netanyahu