Cairo, Egypt - Hamas negotiators in Cairo have received a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza calling for an initial 60-day truce and hostage release in two batches, a Palestinian official said Monday.

"The proposal is a framework agreement to launch negotiations on a permanent ceasefire," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The official said that "Hamas will hold internal consultations among its leadership" and with leaders of other Palestinian factions to review the proposal from mediators.

Last week, the Palestinian group said a senior delegation was in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on efforts to secure an elusive ceasefire after more than 22 months of Israeli siege.

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Together with Qatar and the US, Egypt has been involved in mediation between Israel and Hamas that has failed to secure a breakthrough since a short-lived truce earlier this year.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, visiting the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Monday, said that "as we speak now, there are Palestinian and Qatari delegations present on Egyptian soil working to intensify efforts to put an end to the systematic killing and starvation."

Last week, Abdelatty said that Cairo was working with Qatar and the US to broker a 60-day truce "with the release of some hostages and some Palestinian detainees and the flow of humanitarian and medical assistance to Gaza without restrictions."

More than two weeks of negotiations in the Qatari capital Doha ended last month with no breakthrough after Israel and the US quit the talks.

Hamas has agreed to the new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, a source told AFP on Monday.

"Hamas has delivered its response to the mediators, confirming that Hamas and the factions agreed to the new ceasefire proposal without requesting any amendments," the Hamas source said, requesting anonymity.

A Palestinian source familiar with the negotiations told AFP that mediators were "expected to announce that an agreement has been reached and set a date for the resumption of talks."

The source added that "mediators provided Hamas and the factions with guarantees for the implementation of the agreement, along with a commitment to resume talks to seek a permanent solution."