Hamas agrees to a truce in Gaza – media

Hamas' consequence was "positive and should aid to scope an agreement" on the ceasefire, an anonymous Palestinian authoritative acquainted with the case told Reuters.

US president Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Israel had agreed to terms essential to finalise A 60-day truce.

Israeli media had previously written that if Hamas agreed to an agreement, The ceasefire may enter into force next week.

According to reports from the U.S., Israeli and arabian press, the agreement is an alternate to the earlier proposal of American mediate East envoy Steve Witkoff.

A truce in Gaza. What does the U.S. offer?

The agreement is to establish a 60-day truce during which Hamas will release 10 live Israeli hostages and hand over the bodies of 18 kidnapped “Haarec” wrote. He added that 8 kidnapped were to be released on the first day of the truce, and 2 were to be 50.

As the Israeli army reported, 50 hostages stay in the hands of Palestinian terrorists, of which at least 28 were declared dead.

Kidnapped to be exchanged for the unknown number of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. In addition, the agreement is intended to establish withdrawal of Israeli troops from certain areas of the Gaza Strip and increase the influx of humanitarian aid.

War in the Gaza Strip. Drama of Palestinian Civilians

The war in the Gaza Strip has continued since 7 October 2023, erstwhile about 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas attack to the south of Israel and 251 were kidnapped. According to Hamas-controlled data, the Israeli administration has already claimed over 57.2 1000 Palestinians, mostly civilians. The Gaza Strip is ruined, with a humanitarian crisis.

The battles were halted for 2 truces — 1 little than a week in the fall of 2023 and the other, in the winter of 2025, which lasted almost 2 months.

On March 18, Israel resumed the war, emphasizing its desire to put force on Hamas to release further kidnapped and accept Israeli terms of extension of the truce.

As the media reported, the most serious obstacle in the negotiations conducted by mediators (US, Qatar and Egypt) was the issue of ending the war.

The government in Jerusalem consistently stressed that the war would not end until Hamas had been completely defeated, and he wanted Israel's right to resume after the truce. The Palestinian organization demanded that the agreement should warrant a lasting end to the war.

Trump has announced respective times in fresh days the early conclusion of the truce, and According to the media, he pressured both sides to scope an agreement.

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu is to be admitted by Trump in the White House.