Hamas: We have agreed to the framework of Witkoff's proposal and are awaiting the final response.

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to a general framework presented by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The movement said in a statement that it is "making great efforts to stop the barbaric war on the Gaza Strip, the latest of which was reaching an agreement with US envoy Steve Witkoff on a general framework that achieves a permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, the flow of aid, and a professional committee taking over the management of the Strip's affairs immediately after the agreement is announced."

She added that the agreement "includes the release of ten Israeli prisoners and a number of bodies, in exchange for the release of an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners, with the guarantee of mediators, and the movement is awaiting a final response on this framework."