The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari confirmed that his country and Egypt have received a positive response from Hamas to a ceasefire proposal that aims at “reaching a comprehensive agreement to end the war”, Al Jazeera reports.

Speaking at a press conference in Doha, al-Ansari said that the proposal included a 60-day provisional ceasefire during which a number of captives and prisoners would be swapped, Israeli forces in Gaza would be repositioned, and aid to Gaza would be increased.

The spokesperson said that the proposal was “almost identical” to US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff’s previous proposal, but that Israel had yet to send its response.

Al-Ansari said that there was no timeframe for when Israel would answer.

“Almost 98 per cent of what has been agreed to by the Israelis was contained in this recent proposal,” al-Ansari said.