Hamas says it has agreed to ceasefire proposal

Hamas said it agreed to a ceasefire proposal on Monday, hours after Israel’s military announced evacuation orders for portions of Rafah, a city in Gaza where more than a million Palestinians have sought refuge.

The head of Hamas’s politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, informed Qatar’s prime minister and Egypt’s minister of intelligence that it agreed to the ceasefire proposal, Hamas said. Israel has not commented on the development.