Egypt and Qatar have submitted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal to Israel, the head of Egypt’s State Information Service, Diaa Rashwan, has said, adding that “the ball is now in its court”, AFP reports.

Speaking to Egyptian state-linked media Al-Qahera News, which is close to Egypt’s intelligence services, Rashwan said that mediators Egypt and Qatar had prepared the new proposal based on a recent US plan.

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