Wyre DaviesBBC News, Jerusalem and
Rushdi AbualoufBBC Gaza correspondent, Reporting from Cairo
Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, US President Donald Trump has said.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US would “work with all parties to end the War”. He did not give details on the proposed truce.
“I hope… that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better – IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE,” Trump wrote.
Israel has not confirmed it agreed to the conditions. A Hamas official told the BBC the group was “ready and serious” to reach a deal if it ended the war.
A Palestinian official familiar with Hamas’s negotiations with mediators told the BBC the proposal offered no substantive changes to an earlier offer the group rejected in June.
“The core issues remain unresolved,” the Palestinian official said, referring to the talks currently taking place with Qatari and Egyptian mediators.
Earlier, Hamas official Taher al-Nunu told the BBC that the group was “prepared to agree to any proposal if the requirements for ending the war are clearly met or if they lead to its complete end”.
In a statement the group said it was aiming to reach an agreement that “guarantees an end to the aggression, the withdrawal [of Israeli forces], and urgent relief for our people in the Gaza Strip”.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar posted on X that there is majority support in the government “for a framework to release hostages,” and this opportunity “must not be missed”.
For Israel, the key component of any deal will have to be the release of most, if not all, hostages still being held in Gaza.
Of the 50 or so hostages remaining in captivity, more than 20 are still thought to be alive and their plight has been at the forefront of regular demonstrations in Israel calling for an end to the war.
A recent Israeli newspaper poll suggested that a significant majority of Israelis wanted the war to end – but polling on Wednesday, from the Israel Democracy Institute, also suggested that most Israelis still did not trust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or his intentions.
Netanyahu has for
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