The Jerusalem Post reports: “In Hamas’s response to the Israeli outline for the hostage deal, it demanded, among other things, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Rafah crossing and the Philadelphi Corridor, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad told Al Jazeera that they were ready to ‘deal positively to arrive at an agreement,’ and their main goal was to stop Israeli operations in Gaza…

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told Hezbollah-aligned channel Al Mayadeen that they had amended the ceasefire proposal to specify that it would not be permanent, in contravention of President Biden’s proposal.

They clarified that they would not accept any deal that did not include a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza…”