WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The war in Gaza has “not yet” ended, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, describing the release of the hostages held by Hamas as the first phase, while details on what happens after that still need to be worked out.

He said Hamas had “basically” agreed to President Donald Trump’s proposal and the framework for releasing the hostages, while meetings were underway to coordinate the logistics of that.

“They have also agreed, in principle and generalities, to enter into this idea about what’s going to happen afterwards,” he said. “A lot of details are going to have to be worked out there.”

He said the U.S. would know “very quickly” whether Hamas was serious or not during the current technical talks to coordinate the release of the hostages.

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