
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. AP
"We are talking first of all about a complete and comprehensive ceasefire, and not a temporary truce," Taher al-Nunu told AFP, adding that once the fighting stopped "the rest of the details can be discussed" including a captive release.
Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, has led mediation efforts since the war broke out on October 7.
Earlier on Monday Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that meetings in Paris with CIA chief Bill Burns and top Israeli and Egyptian security officials had resulted in a framework for a phased truce.
He confirmed that the framework would see women and children captives released first, with aid also entering the besieged Gaza Strip.
The parties were "hoping to relay this proposal to Hamas and to get them to a place where they engage positively and constructively in the process", Sheikh Mohammed said.
It was unclear on Monday whether Hamas had received the proposal from Qatar.
Previously, Qatar mediated a one-week break in fighting in late November that led to the release of scores of Israeli and foreign captives, as well as aid entering the besieged Palestinian territory.
Hamas on Oct.7 took some 250 captives, of whom Israel says around 132 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 28 dead captives.
Israel's relentless military offensive in Gaza since then has killed at least 26,637 people, 70% of them women, children, and adolescents, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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