Under this proposal the Israeli Media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. Us President Joe Biden has been speaking with the leaders of egypt and qatar who have been mediators. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide and they have to decide quickly. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. How close are we to a breakthrough . The information from cairo shows every Party Looks Like very close. There is a massive amount of taxability from each side but this flexibility is coming with lots of complexities and challenges. I will give you a brief about the challenges if you may allow me from both sides
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