GEOFF BENNETT: Today, Israel said it accepted# a new draft of a U.S. peace plan in Gaza,## but Hamas so far has not provided an official# reply.

The deal would pause the war for 60 days,## but not permanently end it, as Hamas is demanding.

Nick Schifrin is in New York# now and joins us with more.

So, Nick, what's in this proposal and# could it be accepted by both sides?

NICK SCHIFRIN: Well, Geoff, as you# said, Israel has accepted this proposal,## which would be a 60-day cease-fire of# the war in Gaza.

Hamas would release## five living hostages the first day# and five more living hostages after## the first week.

Hamas would also return# the bodies of 18 dead Israeli hostages.

In exchange, Israel would release# thousands of Palestinian detainees,## including more than 100 serving life# sentences.

But this would not, as you said,## end the war or require Israel to withdraw from# Gaza.

And those are the main sticking points.

A senior U.S. official tells me tonight, Geoff,# that Hamas continues to demand that Israel and## the U.S. guarantee that the war will not start# after these 60 days, because Israel restarted## the war after the last cease-fire, despite# Hamas' expectations that the war would end.

There's another draft, Geoff, that# would end the war and would release## all the hostages.

But this official# tells me that is not something Israel## supports and it's not the basis of the# draft that we're talking about today.

Finally, this draft would also# restart some U.N. food aid into Gaza,## but not as much as Hamas wants.

GEOFF BENNETT: Well, tell us more about that.# How important is that humanitarian clause?

NICK SCHIFRIN: Well, it's incredibly important.

So this clause would allow more U.N.# aid, but, at the s.. end the Gaza Humanitarian fund, the U.S. and# Israeli-backed initiative that, even today,## once again we saw scenes of chaos, of desperate# Palestinians trying to get boxes of food.

The U.N. humanitarian groups accused the# foundation of having too few distribution## sites and forcing Palestinians into inhumane# conditions.

The foundation says it's delivering## aid to families and preventing it# from being stolen by Hamas.

But the## need is great.

An international umbrella# organization says half-a-million Gazans,## including many children, live# with catastrophic food insecurity.

Even President Trump has described# Palestinians as starving, and, this week,## longtime Israeli ally Germany said these scenes# cannot go on.

But so long as the war continues,## Israel's military vows to take over# 75 percent of Gaza, pushing Gazans## into small areas in the south, what# Israel, Geoff, calls sterile zones.

GEOFF BENNETT: And how is Israel# responding to the cease-fire proposal?

NICK SCHIFRIN: As we have# discussed multiple times,## Geoff, Israeli society is split.

Prime# Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition## has far right ministers who are threatening# to resign if the war does not continue.

And Netanyahu himself is vowing to# take over -- quote -- "all of Gaza"## to eliminate Hamas once and for all.# But many Israelis are demanding that## the government prioritize the hostages,# rather than the war.

You see there some## scuffled with police last night after they# broke into the ruling Likud headquarters.

And thousands of Israelis continue to fill# Tel Aviv's Hostage Square to listen to hostage## families argue that diplomacy is the only# way forward.

Take a listen to Iair Horn,## a former hostage and the brother of a current# hostage, as well as Ruby Chen.

Ruby Chen is the## father of American Itay Chen, who was killed on# October the 7th and whose body is still in Gaza.

IAIR HORN, Brother of Eitan Horn# (through translator): I turn to you,## Prime Minister of Israel Mr. Benjamin# Netany.. again.

End the war and bring back all 58 hostages.

RUBY CHEN, Father of Itay Chen: Our fight is# a global fight, meetings with leaders in the## United States, Germany, Qatar and others.

But# it is also a domestic fight, a fight against## the prime minister and a government that# has decided not to prioritize 250 hostages## kidnapped under his leadership.

We call on# President Trump to pressure Netanyahu and Hamas.

NICK SCHIFRIN: There are American and Israeli# officials, Geoff, who do believe and tell me## that if President Trump were to publicly pressure# Netanyahu to end the war, Netanyahu would agree.

But, for now, until Hamas agrees to# this draft we have been talking about## or Israel changes its policy and agrees# to end the war in full, the war goes on.

GEOFF BENNETT: Nick Schifrin in New York tonight.

Nick, thank you for that reporting.

NICK SCHIFRIN: Thank you.