Israel-Hamas war live: Hamas leader Haniyeh says ‘we are close to reaching a truce agreement’

Hamas says it has delivered its response on truce talks to Qatari officials, amid hopes of a ceasefire to secure release of hostages and flow of more aid to Gaza

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“The expected agreement will include the release of Israeli women and children hostages in exchange for release of Palestinian children and women in the occupation’s prisons,” Izzat el Reshiq told Al Jazeera.

The details of the truce will be announced by Qatari officials, el Reshiq said.

As far as we know, Hamas says that a truce deal is “close”. Just to be clear: we do not know whether a deal has been reached or terms finalised, and there has not been announcement to this effect yet.