Hamas says it agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, and expressed willingness to negotiate through mediators on President Donald Trump's plan for peace in the Middle East. The group "affirms its readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss the details of this agreement," it said in a statement on Friday. "The movement also renews its agreement to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independents (technocrats), based on Palestinian national consensus and Arab and Islamic support," Hamas said. Hamas was responding to a ... (full story)