The White House said Israel has agreed to a ceasefire proposal for Gaza, and Hamas said it is reviewing the plan, although its terms do not meet the organization's requirements.
As the U.S. supports the system of distributing food on broken territory, Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Gaza's family that Israel accepted a deal proposed by Steve Witkoff, the Middle East driver of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Netanyahu's office did not confirm the reports, but White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt told reporters in Washington that Israel signed the proposal.
She did not elaborate on its contents. However, a draft that Reuters saw on Friday proposed a ceasefire and released 28 species of Israeli hostages (living and dead) in the first week and released 125 Palestinian prisoners, sentenced to life and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians.
The plan said the plan was guaranteed by Trump and mediators Egypt and Qatar, which included sending aid to Gaza immediately after Hamas signed it on the ceasefire agreement. The plan stipulates that Hamas will release the last 30 hostages once a permanent ceasefire is in place.
Palestinian militant groups said they were studying the proposal, and senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters that the group is still discussing it.
But Abu Zuhri said its clauses echoed Israel's position and did not include a commitment to end the war, evacuate Israeli forces or recognize the aid requested by Hamas.
The huge difference between Hamas and Israel has hindered previous attempts to resume a ceasefire that broke down just two months after Israel renewed its offense.
Israel insists that Hamas is completely disarmed and demolished into military and ruling forces, and that all 58 hostages in Gaza must be returned before agreeing to end the war.
Hamas rejected the need to abandon weapons and said Israel must withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and is committed to ending the war.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a private group supported by the United States and recognized by Israel and expanded its aid allocation to its third location on Thursday.
The group's operations began this week in the Gaza Strip and were criticized by the United Nations and other aid groups as inadequate and flawed, which has said 2 million people are at risk of famine after Israel's 11-week aid enters the territory.
Aid launches were damaged by turbulent scenes when Israeli forces opened fire on a large crowd, killing at least one civilian and injuring dozens of people on Tuesday.
The chaos in the operation began to increase international pressure on Israel to engage in more food in Gaza and stop fighting. GHF said it has offered about 1.8 million meals so far and plans to open more sites in the coming weeks.
Witkoff told reporters Wednesday that Washington is about to "send a new glossary" to cease fire between the two sides in the conflict that has broken out since October 2023.
"I have some good feelings about reaching a long-term settlement, a temporary ceasefire and a long-term settlement, a peaceful solution and this kind of conflict," Witkov said at the time.
Israel is under increasing international pressure, and many European countries are often reluctant to publicly demand the end of the war and major relief efforts.
According to Israeli Tallies, Israel launched an election campaign in the Hamas attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and seeing 251 hostages robbing Gaza.
Gaza health officials said the campaign killed more than 54,000 Palestinians and left the territory due to the ruins.