Hamas on Wednesday said it was ready for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon came into effect on Wednesday morning.
The deal does not address the war in Gaza. International mediators have repeatedly failed to bring Israel and Hamas to a deal that would end the brutal, 13-month-long war.
"We are committed to cooperating with any effort to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, and we are interested in ending the aggression against our people," the Palestinian group said in a statement.
Hamas said it would seek the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the return of displaced Palestinians and a "real and complete prisoner exchange deal."
Israel has refused to commit to ending the war under any ceasefire deal and some members of the Israeli government have balked over freeing a large number of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the roughly 100 hostages still held by militants in Gaza.
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