Hamas says it's waiting for Israeli response on cease-fire proposal

CAIRO - Hamas is waiting for a response from Israel on its cease-fire proposal, two officials from the militant Islamist group said on Sunday, five days after it accepted a key part of a U.S. plan aimed at ending the 9-month-old war in Gaza.

'We have left our response with the mediators and are waiting to hear the occupation's response,' one of the two Hamas officials told Reuters, asking not to be named.

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