"Target Israel and we will target you," declared a threatening letter sent by 12 US Republican senators to International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan, in response to investigating Israel for war crimes committed in Gaza.

The letter was exclusively obtained by the news website Zeteo."

Hamas source tells Al Jazeera that it sent word of its acceptance of a ceasefire proposal to Qatari and Egyptian mediators.

Thousands of people flee eastern Rafah after Israel orders people to evacuate as fears of a full-blown military assault on the city sheltering more than one million displaced people grow.

Hamas statement on ceasefire in full

“The mujahid brother Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas movement’s political bureau, had a phone call with the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and with the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence, Abbas Kamel, and informed them of the Hamas movement’s approval of their proposal regarding the ceasefire agreement.”

Saudi Arabia warns against Israel’s Rafah invasion

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned of the “dangers” of the looming invasion of the southern Gaza city, calling it part of Israel’s “bloody, systematic campaign to storm all areas of the Gaza Strip and displace its residents into the unknown”.

Hamas leader informs mediators of ceasefire acceptance

A leading Hamas source tells Al Jazeera that the group has informed Egyptian and Qatari mediators of its agreement with a ceasefire proposal.

Rafah invasion will put children at risk from ‘chaos’ and panic’: UNICEF

Israel keeps main humanitarian aid crossing into Gaza closed for second day

Breaking | Israeli detainees' families block main roads in Israel, with one family declaring: "Hamas agreed to the deal, and now it is time to bring them home, otherwise we will burn the country."

#BREAKING Kann citing an Israeli official: The negotiating team received the Hamas proposal and is now studying it

Israeli official indicates rejection of ceasefire proposal: Report

An unnamed Israeli official quoted by the Reuters news agency says Hamas approved a “softened” Egyptian proposal that is not acceptable to Israel.

The official added that the proposal included “far-reaching” conclusions that Israel will not support.

Israeli media outlets are also reporting that the Israeli government has not accepted the deal.

Cheering Palestinians react to news of ceasefire agreement

Displaced Palestinians are ecstatic after hearing that Hamas has agreed to a deal for a ceasefire, especially after fearing an imminent invasion of Rafah.

No response yet from Israel

A Hamas official has said that the “ball [is] now in Israel’s court”, and that’s where this proposed ceasefire now stands, with no response yet from the Israeli government.

Hamas statement on ceasefire in full

“The mujahid brother Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas movement’s political bureau, had a phone call with the Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and with the Egyptian Minister of Intelligence, Abbas Kamel, and informed them of the Hamas movement’s approval of their proposal regarding the ceasefire agreement.”

The Hamas movement has announced they have agreed on the ceasefire proposal put forth by mediators.

Palestinians around the Kuwaiti Hospital here celebrating the announcement as positive step, hoping that this step can help prevent a potential military incursion into Rafah.

You can see children, young men and the elderly celebrating. There’s a great sense of optimism here … they are happily chanting away.