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Hamas Seeks Amendments to US-Backed Gaza Truce Plan After Offering Hostage Exchange

US envoy Steve Witkoff described Hamas’s amendments as unacceptable after reports of looted aid near a deadly attack at a Gaza aid distribution site.

Palestinians walk with aid supplies which they received from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in the central Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed REFILE - CORRECTING LOCATION FROM "NEAR AN AREA OF GAZA KNOWN AS THE NETZARIM CORRIDOR" TO "IN THE CENTRAL GAZA STRIP".
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An injured man is brought to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis on Sunday, after Israeli forces reportedly opened fire near an aid distribution center in southern Gaza
Palestinians carry the body of a person who was killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, during a funeral at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 1, 2025.

Overview

  • Hamas offered to free 10 living Israeli hostages and return the bodies of 18 others under a 60-day truce in exchange for over 1,200 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
  • The group is demanding guarantees of a permanent ceasefire, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and unfettered humanitarian access through crossings like Rafah.
  • Steve Witkoff called Hamas’s response “totally unacceptable” and urged the group to accept the proposed framework to start proximity talks immediately.
  • The Israeli military confirmed it killed Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar on May 13 and continued air and ground strikes that Gaza’s Health Ministry says have killed at least 60 Palestinians in the past day.
  • Humanitarian access remains precarious as hunger drove Palestinians to hijack 77 UN food trucks and at least 30 civilians were killed in an Israeli strike near a US-backed aid distribution point in Rafah.