Hamas will disarm "the easy way or the hard way", Israel's PM says after the group gave its response to a peace plan.

The 20-point proposal seeks to end the fighting immediately in return for the release of hostages and detained Gazans.

Hamas says it has agreed to release all Israeli hostages and return the remains of the deceased under Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza, Reuters has reported.

Benjamin Netanyahu has said that all the Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released in the “coming days”.

Families describe a "fragile situation", with negotiations between Israel and Hamas expected to resume.

If negotiations set to take place in Egypt on Sunday or Monday go as planned, the remaining 48 hostages could be freed 'within a few days,' a senior Israeli official told Channel…

The Israeli prime minister said he hoped to finalize a deal to exchange hostages for prisoners “in the coming days," but Hamas has not said if it will disarm.

The Israeli prime minister claimed that 'military and diplomatic pressure' had compelled Hamas to agree to release the captives as the Palestinian group also signalled their…

Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments were followed by Donald Trump’s claim a ceasefire would begin immediately once Hamas had confirmed an ‘initial withdrawal line’ in Gaza

Hamas will disarm "the easy way or the hard way", Israel's PM says after the group gave its response to a peace plan.

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Israel has sent a delegation to Egypt ‘to finalise technical details’ in its indirect talks with Hamas.

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Hopes for a possible ceasefire began to build and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a truce and hostage release could take shape this week.

According to TV channel, senior Hamas officials will be able to leave Gaza if they want to under Washington’s guarantees that they will not be a target of assassination attempts