# The US leader Donald Trump has said Hamas is ready for a “lasting peace” after the Palestinian militants agreed to release all remaining hostages. Trump was responding to a statement by Hamas on Friday in which the group committed to returning all remaining hostages in Gaza, dead and alive. Hamas said it wants to engage in negotiations to discuss further details of the president’s peace plan, including handing over administration of the enclave to a Palestinian body of independent technocrats. Trump also called on Israel to immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.
Hamas agrees to release Israeli hostages, and to parts of peace deal