Prospects for a cessation of the two-year-long hostilities between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza—a process mediated by the US, Qatar, and Egypt in Cairo—have brightened with President Donald Trump’s 20-point proposal. This has been accepted by Arab and Muslim countries and European allies, including India, as indicating a pathway to end the killing, prevent the displacement of Palestinians, and resume aid inflows into the Strip. Both Israel and Hamas have responded positively to the proposal.

Key conditions and international backing

For a ceasefire to kick in immediately, Hamas must approve the initial withdrawal line for Israeli forces, followed by the release of Israeli captives, dead or alive, within 72 hours in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and the resistance group’s

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