CAIRO/DUBAI ¨C Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified a military onslaught to press the Palestinian militant group to free remaining Israeli hostages.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff¡¯s ¡°bridge¡± plan, presented last week, aims to extend the ceasefire into April, beyond the holidays of Ramadan and Passover, to allow time for negotiations on a permanent cessation of hostilities.
Three days after Israel effectively abandoned the two-month-old truce, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military was intensifying its air, land and sea strikes and would move civilians to the southern part of Gaza.
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