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Hamas is reviewing plans for a three-stage truce with Israel which foresee a weeks-long halt to the Gaza war, a source in the Palestinian group spoke to French news agency AFP on Wednesday. The movement said earlier this week it was mulling proposals drawn up by mediators in Paris for a second truce nearly four months since the war began. While a November pause to the fighting lasted a week, the latest accord aims to pave the way for an initial six-week halt to the fighting. Over that period Israel would release between 200 and 300 Palestinian prisoners who are not deemed high-security detaine…

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