What we heard today: Israel and US say Hamas ceasefire response 'unacceptable' Image source, Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office and US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff have labelled Hamas's response to a new ceasefire plan as "totally unacceptable". The comments come after Hamas pledged to release 10 living hostages and 18 bodies in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. The statement also contained the organisation's well-known conditions: a permanent ceasefire, a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and guarantees for the continuous flow of humanitarian aid.

But as our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher notes, none of those conditions are currently on the table. As a result, Hamas's response is neither an explicit rejection nor acceptance of the terms the US and Israel have set out. We are pausing our live coverage for now, but you can follow further developments on BBC News.