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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Monday informed mediators Qatar and Egypt that his Palestinian militant group had accepted their proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza after nearly seven months of war. Details of the agreement were not immediately released. The news came hours after the Israeli army told around 100,000 residents of a few Rafah neighbourhoods to evacuate ahead of a planned offensive in the southern Gaza city. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.