Several news organizations are reporting that Hamas has said it accepted an Egyptian cease-fire proposal, but I would be highly skeptical.

It is of course theoretically possible Israel’s signaling that a Rafah invasion is imminent has gotten the terrorist group to finally agree. But far more likely is that Hamas has essentially made a counteroffer that it knows would be a nonstarter for Israel merely as a propaganda move to make it seem that Israel rejected peace and chose to invade Rafah instead.

As Rich Goldberg notes:

My guess is that, despite Hamas’s having rejected cease-fire offers for months even as Israel made more and more concessions, the media — as well as much of the Biden administration — will adopt the Hamas spin.

But we await more details.