Israel Offers Deal Pre-Rafah Attack; France Aims To Avert Israel-Hezbollah War

Today’s top stories: 1) Jerusalem has offered the Islamist Hamas a new draft-proposal entailing far-reaching concessions in exchange for the release of hostages. 2) The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to offer Israel normalization in exchange for a tangible political process with the Palestinians that would lead to a so-called two-state solution. 3) France is making extensive efforts to avert war between the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah and Israel.