US Proposes 60-Day Gaza Truce and a Hostage-Prisoner Swap, Plan Shows

White House Says Israel Has Accepted Proposal; Hamas Conducting a Review

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WASHINGTON — A US plan for Gaza seen by Reuters on May 30 proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages, alive and dead, in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians.

The document, which says the plan is guaranteed by US President Donald Trump and mediators Egypt and Qatar, includes sending humanitarian aid to Gaza as soon as Hamas signs off on the ceasefire agreement.

The aid will be delivered by the United Nations, the Red Crescent, and other agreed channels.

On May 29, the White House said Israel had agreed to the US ceasefire proposal.

Israeli media said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the families of hostages held in Gaza that Israel had accepted the deal presented by Mr. Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Mr. Netanyahu's office declined comment.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas said it had received the Israeli response to the proposal, which it said "fails to meet any of the just and legitimate demands of our people," including an immediate cessation of hostilities and an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Hamas official Basem Naim said the Israeli response "fundamentally seeks to entrench the occupation and perpetuate policies of killing and starvation, even during what is supposed to be a period of temporary de-escalation."