Hamas weighs Gaza plan, Israel says IDF set to stay

We have 1 signature that we need and that signature will pay in hell if they don't sign.

- Agencies

Hamas said on Tuesday it will review Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military would stay in most of the territory and added that he did not agree to a Palestinian state during his talks in Washington.

"We will recover all our hostages, alive and well, while the (Israeli military) will remain in most of the Gaza Strip," Netanyahu said.

However, if Hamas rejects the plan, Netanyahu said that "Israel will finish the job by itself".

Netanyahu also cast doubt on whether the Palestinian Authority, which nominally runs Palestinian population centres in the occupied West Bank, would be allowed a role in Gaza's governance.

Trump's plan calls for a ceasefire, release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, disarmament of Hamas and gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, followed by a postwar transitional authority headed by Trump himself.

"Hamas has begun a series of consultations within its political and military leaderships, both inside Palestine and abroad," a person close to the group said.

Qatar, which hosts Hamas's exiled leadership, said the group had promised to study the proposal "responsibly", and also said it would hold a meeting on the plan with Hamas and Turkey later on Tuesday.

"It is still too early to speak about responses, but we are truly optimistic that this plan, as we said, is a comprehensive one," foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said.

On Monday in Washington, Trump described the announcement of the plan as a "beautiful day potentially one of the greatest days ever in civilisation".