@sbsnews_au: US and Israel at odds over Palestinian resolution Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Hamas' latest offer for a ceasefire and return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was still room for negotiation towards an agreement. Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that rules Gaza, proposed a ceasefire of 4.5 months, during which all hostages would go free, Israel would withdraw its troops from Gaza and an agreement would be reached on an end to the war. The Hamas offer, which was first reported by the Reuters news agency, was a response to an earlier proposal drawn up by United States and Israeli spy chiefs and delivered to Hamas last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators.