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“I believe they are ready for a lasting peace.” the US president wrote on social media after Hamas announced it was willing to release the hostages and hand over power to other Palestinians.

Hamas says it has agreed to release all remaining Israeli hostages, but asks for further negotiations on issues outlined in the US peace plan on Gaza

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Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many terms

US President Donald Trump said Friday he believed Hamas was ready for "lasting peace" and told Israel to stop bombing Gaza, after the Palestinian militant group declared it was ready to free hostages under his ceasefire plan.

Hamas' response is, essentially, "yes, but."

The group also reaffirmed an earlier pledge to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a neutral, technocratic governing body formed on the basis of Palestinian national consensus and backed by Arab and Islamic states.

President says the militant group is ‘ready for a lasting peace’ based on the plan he announced on Monday

President Donald Trrump urged Israel to "immediately stop the bombing of Gaza" following Hamas' response to his Gaza peace plan, saying he believes the group is "ready for a lasting PEACE."