News about cease-fire, Hamas, and Israel

An excerpt from remarks made by Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant: “In any process to bring about the end of this war, we will not accept the rule of Hamas [in Gaza]. We seek a governing alternative to Hamas – the framework for this includes isolating areas, removing Hamas… pic.twitter.com/IV3yPbsOIy

US expects Israel will accept Gaza ceasefire plan if Hamas does 'There are significant discrepancies coming out of statements by Netanyahu, Gallant about what they're describing regarding the second, third stages of this deal and what Biden had described,' says @YaakovLappin pic.twitter.com/MB98as96ZC

'The outline we have to take in the current context and let's wait for Hamas to have a formal reply' Fmr. IDF Special Forces Cmdr. Lt. Col. (Res.) Doron Avital (@da64) discusses the U.S. proposed hostage-ceasefire deal on the table pic.twitter.com/LADmQsDOCi

NEW: Israeli officials are concerned Netanyahu's statements in recents days could sabotage the "constructive ambiguity" used by negotiators to draft a proposed Israeli hostage-ceasefire deal that could be accepted by Hamas. My story on @axios www.axios.com/2024/06/03/gaza-hostage-ceasefire-deal-netanyahu