Numerous explosions were seen across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, even as Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect talks in Egypt on a new U.S. plan to end the war.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan.

Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza “in the coming days”.

But he signaled there would not be a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, something Hamas has long demanded.

He said Israel's military will continue to hold territories it controls in Gaza, and that Hamas will be disarmed in the plan's second phase, diplomatically “or through a military path by us.”

The talks come ahead of Tuesday's second anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed some 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians.

Of the 251 hostages abducted, 48 remain in Gaza -- 20 of which are believed to still be alive.

Israel's military offensive has killed more than 66,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many were civilians or combatants.

It says women and children make up around half the dead.

Last month, a team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.