Sky News US analyst Michael Ware warns the acceptance of a ceasefire deal by Hamas is a “gambit”. Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, brokered by Qatar and Egypt, which would have included “a rolling pause of ceasefires",

Militant group Hamas on Monday agreed to a ceasefire proposal in the seven-month-old war with Israel in Gaza, hours after the Israeli military told residents to evacuate some parts of Rafah, which has been sheltering more than a million displaced people.

Binyamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of blocking a Gaza ceasefire deal with “extreme” demands as negotiations ­unravelled on Sunday. Appearing to heed warnings from his hardline coalition members against any deal that could end the war before Israel launches a controversial operation in the Gazan city of Rafah,