Hamas said it freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander based on an understanding with the US that humanitarian assistance would return to Gaza and negotiations to end the war start immediately.

CAIRO (Reuters) -Talks between Hamas and the U.S. administration regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and the entry of humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave were underway, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Sunday.

The US has been talking with Hamas through an American intermediary in Doha this week in hopes of brokering an Israel-Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter, as US officials say President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Israel’s handling of the conflict.

One Hamas official, speaking of the talks with the US, said there was “progress made... notably on the entry of aid to the Gaza Strip” and the potential exchange of hostages for Palestinian ...

Following the latest deaths, Hamas called on the international ... said it would begin distributing humanitarian aid in Gaza this month after talks with Israeli officials. But the United Nations ...

The prime minister said that while Israel plans to take “all” of Gaza, he had to prevent mass starvation there for “practical and diplomatic reasons.”

Hamas issues an official statement claiming that no serious negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages have taken place since the weekend.The terror organization claims, “The presence of the Zionist delegation in Doha is a blatant attempt by [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu to mislead global public opinion.

The head of the UN has urged Israel to allow more aid into Gaza to alleviate the suffering of the two million people in the besieged enclave. Follow the latest.