Hamas is studying in “a positive spirit” a proposal for reaching a ceasefire deal with Israel, the Palestinian Islamist group said on Thursday. The remark was made by Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in a phone call with the head of the Egyptian intelligence service Abbas Kamel. The group said in a statement it would send a team to Egypt “at the earliest possible time” for further talks on the proposed deal. Egyptian state-affiliated television al-Qahera News meanwhile quoted what it termed as a high-level Egyptian source saying that a Hamas team would arrive in Cairo in the next two days to resume …