A senior Hamas official on Friday said the group is "ready for a ceasefire" in Gaza, urging US President-elect Donald Trump to "pressure" Israel as it continued to pound the Palestinian territory."Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire proposal is presented and on the condition that it is respected" by Israel,

The Hamas-Israel war erupted after Israel launched a brutal military campaign in the Gaza Strip following the deadly October 7 attacks by Hamas last year which left over 1,200 Israelis dead after thousands others wounded.

A Hamas official said the group wants to broker a Gaza ceasefire "immediately" with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is calling on the U.S. for assistance.

Hamas official Basem Naim said that Hamas does not regret attacking Israel on October 7 and instead said that Israel should “be guilty” of carrying out “big massacres” in Palestine

Hamas has announced it is ready to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza “immediately,” though it claims Israel has not presented any “serious proposals” in recent months, a group official has said.

Hamas informed the mediators that it is in favour of any proposal submitted to it that would lead to a definitive ceasefire and military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas urged US President-elect Donald Trump to pressure Israel as it continued to pound the Palestinian territory

A senior Hamas official said Friday that the group is "ready for a ceasefire" in Gaza and urged US President-elect Donald Trump to pressure Israel to end the war. "Hamas is ready to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire proposal is presented and on the condition that it is respected"

A senior Hamas official on Friday said the Iran-backed militant group is “ready for a ceasefire” in Gaza and urged US President-elect Donald Trump to “pressure” Israel into halting its aggression as the Israeli military continued to pound the Palestinian territory.