As the world awaits Hamas's response to Donald Trump's 20-point plan for peace in Gaza, the families of Israeli hostages and Palestinians on the ground in the devastated strip are hopeful an end to the two-year-long war could be looming.

Hamas is considering the proposal, with the group insisting it had not been given advance details of the document prior to the US president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands on it and heralding it a breakthrough.

Mr Trump said he would give Hamas "three or four days" to respond.

"All of the Arab countries are signed up, the Muslim countries are all signed up, Israel is all signed up, we're just waiting for Hamas," he told reporters at the White House. Loading...

"Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it's not,

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