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Middle East Crisis: New Hamas Cease-Fire Plan Draws Contrasting Replies From U.S. and Israel
After Hamas softened its terms for a truce and exchanges of hostages for prisoners, the White House welcomed the shift but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel publicly disparaged it.