Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Tuesday that "the ball is now in Israel’s court" after Hamas announced it has approved a 60-day truce proposal.

Israel is studying Hamas' response to a Gaza ceasefire proposal for a 60-day truce and the release of half the hostages still held in the enclave, two Israeli officials said on Tuesday, although one source reiterated that all Israeli captives must be freed for the war to end.