{"id":530645,"date":"2021-05-20T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530645"},"modified":"2021-05-20T18:06:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:06:15","slug":"breaking-israel-and-hamas-agree-to-ceasefire-proposal-brokered-by-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-israel-and-hamas-agree-to-ceasefire-proposal-brokered-by-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Israel And Hamas Agree To Ceasefire; Proposal Brokered By Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-israel-and-hamas-agree-to-ceasefire-proposal-brokered-by-egypt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=530645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1233004733-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Earlier on Thursday afternoon, the Israeli cabinet reportedly confirmed the decision to approve a ceasefire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Security Cabinet convened tonight,\u201d read the Israeli security cabinet\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/world-middle-east-57183127\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe Political Security Cabinet unanimously accepted the recommendation of all security officials, the chief of staff, the head of the Shin Bet [internal security agency], the head of the Mossad [foreign intelligence] and the head of the National Security Council, to accept the Egyptian initiative for a bilateral unconditional ceasefire, which will take effect at a later date.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe chief of staff, the military echelon and the head of the GSS reviewed before the ministers Israel\u2019s great achievements in the campaign, some of which were unprecedented,\u201d the statement added. \u201cThe political echelon emphasizes that the reality on the ground will determine the continuation of the campaign.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Minutes after the ceasefire was confirmed by Israel, the BBC reported that \u2014 according to Israeli military \u2014 warning sirens indicated that rockets had been fired from Gaza, with Palestinian groups claiming that airstrikes from Israel had continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEgyptian President Sisi has ordered two security delegations into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to work towards upholding the ceasefire, according to Egyptian state TV,\u201d added the BBC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Associated Press, whose offices in Gaza allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/john-oliver-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-apartheid\">shared a building with Hamas<\/a>, reported that a Hamas official claimed that \u201cThe ceasefire announced by Israel amounts to a \u2018victory\u2019 for the Palestinian people and a defeat for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAli Barakeh said Hamas militants would remain on alert until mediators have been in touch to finalise the details of the truce,\u201d the BBC noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/right-wing-lawmakers-pan-reported-looming-ceasefire-with-hamas\/\"><span>The Times of Israel<\/span><\/a><span> reported that \u201cRight-wing lawmakers, including some of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s close political allies, warned him on Thursday against a ceasefire with Hamas as Israel and the terror group closed in on an agreement to end 11 days of fighting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>New Hope leader Gideon Sa\u2019ar rejected the proposals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe cessation of Israeli military activity without imposing any restrictions preventing the arming and strengthening of Hamas and without the return of the soldiers and civilians held in Gaza will be a political failure, the price of which will be paid, with interest, in the future,\u201d said Sa\u2019ar, according to the Times of Israel. According to the Netanyahu critic, a ceasefire \u201cwould seriously harm Israeli deterrence\u201d against terrorist organizations like Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Others added further criticism, such as <\/span><span>Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman, who said, \u201cThe one who nurtured Hamas and enabled it to get to where it is today is Netanyahu.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/hamas-official-predicts-ceasefire-soon-israel-gaza-fight-goes-2021-05-19\/\"><span>Reuters<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201c<\/span><span>Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of Friday, the Palestinian Islamist faction and Egyptian state TV.\u201d The Associated Press reported, \u201c<\/span><span>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said Israel accepted the Egyptian proposal after a late-night meeting of his Security Cabinet. Hamas quickly followed suit and said it would honor the deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the AP, the truce is expected to take effect at 2 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier on Thursday afternoon, the Israeli cabinet reportedly confirmed the decision to approve a ceasefire.\u201cThe Security Cabinet convened tonight,\u201d read the Israeli security cabinet\u2019s statement. \u201cThe Political Security Cabinet unanimously &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312522,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1233004733-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BREAKING: Israel And Hamas Agree To Ceasefire; Proposal Brokered By Egypt","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1233004733-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BREAKING: Israel And Hamas Agree To Ceasefire; Proposal Brokered By Egypt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}