Hamas says it is prepared to talk about Gaza ceasefire proposal

Hamas said it had responded connected Friday successful "a affirmative spirit" to a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire connection and was prepared to participate into talks connected implementing the woody that envisages a merchandise of hostages and negotiations connected ending the conflict.

U.S. President Donald Trump earlier announced a "final proposal" for a 60-day ceasefire successful the astir 21-month-old warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas, stating helium anticipated a reply from the parties successful the coming hours.

Hamas wrote connected its authoritative website: "The Hamas question has completed its interior consultations arsenic good arsenic discussions with Palestinian factions and forces regarding the latest connection by the mediators to halt the aggression against our radical successful Gaza.

"The question has delivered its effect to the brotherly mediators, which was characterized by a affirmative spirit. Hamas is afloat prepared, with each seriousness, to instantly participate a caller circular of negotiations connected the mechanics for implementing this framework," the connection said.

In a motion of imaginable challenges inactive facing the sides, a Palestinian authoritative of a militant radical allied with Hamas said concerns stay implicit humanitarian aid, transition done the Rafah crossing to Egypt and clarity implicit a timetable of Israeli unit withdrawals.

Trump said connected Tuesday that Israel had agreed "to the indispensable conditions to finalize" a 60-day ceasefire, during which efforts would beryllium made to extremity the U.S. ally's warfare successful the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to remark connected Trump's announcement and successful their nationalist statements, the 2 sides stay acold apart. Netanyahu has repeatedly said Hamas indispensable beryllium disarmed, a presumption the militant group, which is thought to beryllium holding 20 surviving hostages, has truthful acold refused to discuss.

Netanyahu is owed to conscionable Trump successful Washington connected Monday.

Trump has said helium would beryllium "very firm" with Netanyahu connected the request for a speedy Gaza ceasefire, portion noting that the Israeli person wants 1 arsenic well.

"We anticipation it's going to happen. And we're looking guardant to it happening sometime adjacent week," helium told reporters earlier this week. "We privation to get the hostages out."

Israeli attacks person killed astatine slightest 138 Palestinians successful Gaza implicit the past 24 hours, section wellness officials said.

Health officials astatine the Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis, confederate Gaza, said the Israeli subject had carried retired an airstrike connected a structure encampment westbound of the metropolis astir 2 a.m., sidesplitting 15 Palestinians displaced by astir 2 years of war.

The Israeli subject said troops operating successful the Khan Younis country had eliminated militants, confiscated weapons and dismantled Hamas outposts successful the past 24 hours, portion striking 100 targets crossed Gaza, including subject structures, weapons retention facilities and launchers.

Later connected Friday, Palestinians gathered to execute ceremonial prayers earlier burying those killed overnight.

"There should person been a ceasefire agelong agone earlier I mislaid my brother," said 13-year-old Mayar Al Farr arsenic she wept. Her brother, Mahmoud, was changeable dormant successful different incident, she said.

"He went to get aid, truthful helium tin get a container of flour for america to eat. He got a slug successful his neck," she said.

In Tel Aviv, families and friends of hostages held successful Gaza were among demonstrators who gathered extracurricular a U.S. Embassy gathering connected U.S. Independence Day, calling connected Trump to unafraid a woody for each of the captives.

Demonstrators acceptable up a symbolic Sabbath meal table, placing 50 bare chairs to correspond those who are inactive held successful Gaza. Banners hung adjacent displaying a station by Trump from his Truth Social level that read, "MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!!"

"Only you tin marque the deal. We privation 1 beauteous deal. One beauteous hostage deal," said Gideon Rosenberg, 48, from Tel Aviv.

Rosenberg was wearing a garment with the representation of hostage Avinatan Or, 1 of his employees who was abducted by Palestinian militants from the Nova philharmonic festival connected October 7, 2023. He is among the 20 hostages who are believed to beryllium live aft much than 600 days of captivity.

An authoritative acquainted with the negotiations said connected Thursday that the connection envisages the instrumentality of 10 of the hostages during the 60 days, on with the bodies of 18 others who had been held hostage.

Ruby Chen, 55, the begetter of 19-year-old American-Israeli Itay, who is believed to person been killed aft being taken captive, urged Netanyahu to instrumentality from gathering with Trump with a woody that brings backmost each hostages.

Itay Chen, besides a German national, was serving arsenic an Israeli worker erstwhile Hamas carried retired its astonishment onslaught connected October 7, 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking different 251 hostage.

Israel's retaliatory warfare against Hamas has devastated Gaza, which the militant radical has ruled for astir 2 decades but present lone controls successful parts, displacing astir of the colonisation of much than 2 cardinal and triggering wide hunger.

More than 57,000 Palestinians person been killed successful astir 2 years of fighting, astir of them civilians, according to section wellness officials.