Truce talks to resume next week after 'constructive' Doha round

US offers ideas to close an agreement towards ending the 10-month conflict

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Gaza ceasefire talks will resume next week in Cairo after the United States offered a "bridging proposal" to Israel and Hamas in Doha to seal a deal, the White House said on Aug 16.

The US said the two days of talks in Doha were "serious and constructive", and that Washington, represented by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns, offered ideas to close an agreement towards ending the 10-month conflict.

"This proposal builds on areas of agreement over the past week, and bridges remaining gaps in the manner that allows for a swift implementation of the deal," said a White House statement signed by co-mediators Qatar and Egypt.

"Senior officials from our governments will reconvene in Cairo before the end of next week with the aim to conclude the deal under the terms put forward today," the statement said.

Until the talks reconvene in Cairo, working-level teams will work out details, including humanitarian provisions and practicalities for the release of hostages, it said.

Months of on-off talks have so far failed to overcome fundamental divisions, with Israel saying peace will be possible only if Hamas is destroyed, and Hamas saying it will accept only a permanent, rather than temporary, ceasefire.