Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza ‘in the coming days’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce therelease ofall hostages from Gaza “in the coming days,” as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new US plan to end the war.

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In a brief statement late Saturday, Netanyahu said he has sent a delegation to Egypt “to finalise technical details,” adding that “our goal is to contain these negotiations to atime frame of a few days.”

But Netanyahu signaled there would not bea full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, something Hamas has long demanded. He said Israel’s military will continue to hold territories it controls in Gaza, and that Hamas willbe disarmed in the plan’s second phase, diplomatically “or through a military path by us.”

The prime minister spoke after Hamas said it has accepted some elements of the US plan. President Donald Trump welcomed the militant group's statement but on Saturday warned that “Hamas must move quickly, or else all bets will be off.”