WASHINGTON: Israel has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, the White House said on Thursday (May 29), and Hamas said it was reviewing the plan, although its terms did not meet the group's demands.

As a US-backed system for distributing food aid in the shattered enclave expanded, Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the families of hostages held in Gaza that Israel had accepted a deal presented by US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.

Netanyahu's office did not confirm the reports, but White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters in Washington that Israel had signed off on the proposal. She did not detail its contents.

But the New York Times quoted an Israeli official familiar with the proposal as saying the initial

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