2025-07-05
30 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Saturday the 5th of July,
these are our main stories.
Hamas says it submitted a positive response to the latest proposals for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza.
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President Trump said he'd hope to hear from Hamas shortly about the latest ceasefire proposal for Gaza after 20 months of war.
Now the Palestinian militants say they've delivered a positive response to mediators and in a statement say the group is seriously ready to enter immediately into a round of negotiations.
I asked our correspondent in Jerusalem, Aini Wells, for more details about the Hamas position.
They've responded saying that...
Their response was positive,
but one crucial thing to note is this doesn't mean that Hamas has accepted the proposal yet.
In fact,
a senior Palestinian official familiar with the talks has told the BBC that Hamas has asked for three key changes to the proposals