WE ASKED AGAIN TODAY AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER. >> THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT ISRAEL'S PROPOSED DEAL. IT INCLUDES A CEASE-FIRE, THE RETURN OF ALL REMAINING HOSTAGES , AND NEXT PHASES FOR GAZA ONCE THE WAR HAS ENDED. HAMAS ON THEIR PART HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT THEY ARE READY TO WORK WITH THE NEW PROPOSAL. CBS NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IMTIAZ TYAB HAS MORE. >> Reporter: THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT THAT IT SEEMS AT LEAST THAT ISRAEL HAS AGREED TO OR IS EVEN PUTTING FORWARD THIS MULTI PHASE PROCESS, WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY SEE THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES, BUT WOULD ALSO SEE AN END TO THE WAR, AND A FULL WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI FORCES FROM GAZA. IS IS SEISMIC, HUGE. THE BALL NOW IN HAMAS'S COURT. HAMAS WILL HAVE TO COME TO THE TABLE EVENTUALLY AND SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACCEPT THIS DEAL. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, HAMAS DID ACCEPT A DEAL WHICH IS NOT TOO DISSIMILAR FROM THIS ONE, ALTHOUGH THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SAID THAT IT, QUOTE, FELL FAR SHORT OF THEIR ROTATIONS, AND YET HERE WE ARE. NOW I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE TIMING OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT. HERE IN ISRAEL, IT IS SHABBAT, THE SABBATH, IN WHICH ANY ISRAELIS ARE AT HOME. MANY ARE NOT ENGAGING WITH ELECTRONICS. THEY AREN'T LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES OR WATCHING THE NEWS. SO, FOR MANY OF THEM INCLUDING ISRAELI POLITICIANS, THEY WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THIS IN AROUND 24 HOURS FROM NOW, SUNSET ON SATURDAY WHEN THEY WILL SWITCH BACK ON THEIR PHONES AND READ THE NEWS AND WATCH THE NEWS AND COME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS. THE REASON I SAY THIS IS INTERESTING CHOREOGRAPHY IS FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, IS THE PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS REACHED THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT CALLING OUT, IF YOU WILL, THE EXTREME ELEMENTS WITHIN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE THAT WHENEVER THIS DEAL WAS WAS NOT WITH THEM INVOLVES. WHATEVER THE CASE, THIS IS A POTENTIALLY HUGE MOMENT IN THIS NEARLY 8 MONTH WAR IN WHICH SO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST. 1200 ON OCTOBER 7, AND OF COURSE WELL OVER 36,000 IN GAZA. OF COURSE THE SITUATION IN GAZA IS INCREDIBLY DIRE. THE PEOPLE THERE ARE SAYING THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THE VIOLENCE END, AND THIS APPEARS TO BE THE CLOSEST WE'VE BEEN
