Hamas has said it is ready to move forward with a US-backed Gaza peace plan and called for international pressure on Israel, which insists it had not agreed to the latest stage of the deal.
According to a Hamas official, the group informed the Board of Peace, created by US President Donald Trump, that it stands by the stage of the plan under which it would hand over weapons to a new Palestinian governing committee in the Gaza Strip.
Trump last week described Hamas's agreement to disarmament as a breakthrough. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel did not agree to the draft presented by the Board of Peace, and Israel has said it will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is disarmed.