A day after U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington and presented a ceasefire plan , people in Gaza are responding.
The 20-point plan includes the immediate release of all hostages living and dead and the disarmament of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It also calls for the strip to be governed by a temporary international body led by former British prime minister and Middle East envoy Tony Blair. On Tuesday, Reuters said Trump gave Hamas three to four days to accept the plan.
CBC News videographer Mohamed El Saife talked to Gazans in Deir al Balah about their views on the proposal. After two years of war, they told him they want to see an end to the conflict and a change in government. But they also expressed a range of views about the latest ceasefire deal.
While some were cautiously optimistic about Blair's involvement, others were doubtful the plan would lead to a Palestinian state that would take them and their needs into consideration and also questioned the intentions of those who drafted the deal.
Here is some of what they had to say.
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