After Gaza peace talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, US President Donald Trump says a deal is "beyond very close".
In a document released by the White House, President Trump has shared his 'Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict'.
The plan outlines 20 main points and begins with Gaza becoming a 'deradicalized terror-free zone' that does not pose a threat to its neighbours.
Moments before Trump and Netanyahu took the stage, the US released details of its proposed peace plan for Gaza.
Israel has agreed to the 20-point plan, but Hamas has not.
The proposal, if followed, would begin with the immediate cessation of military operations. It also says existing "battle lines" would be frozen in place.
Under the plan, Hamas would lay down its arms and its offensive weaponry would be destroyed. It would release 20 living Israeli hostages and the remains of more than two dozen believed to be dead within 72 hours.
Once those hostages are released, the proposal says Israel would release hundreds of detained Gazans.
It also says that once both sides agree to the proposal "full aid will be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip".
The US also outlines its plan for the future governance of Gaza. It says a "technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee" will govern temporarily "with oversight and supervision by a new international transitional body, the Board of Peace, which will be headed" by Trump.
It adds that Hamas must have no role in governance, "directly, indirectly, or in any form".
Much of the plan is focused on what the US calls an "economic development plan" to rebuild Gaza. It also says "Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza" and its forces will withdraw from the territory in stages over time.
The plan also leaves the door open to an eventual Palestinian state.
Netenyahu says all hostages - living and dead - should be returned within 72 hours.
He says all parties are being given the chance to do this peacefully, but if Hamas rejects the plan, or they supposedly accept it then don't follow through, "we will finish the job", he says.
"This can be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done," he said.
Netanyahu says today's meeting is a critical step not just to end the war in Gaza but also to set the table for peace across the Middle East.
"I support your plan to end the war in Gaza," Netanyahu says, referencing Trump's 20-point peace plan.
The Israeli PM says the plan would ensure Israel is not under threat from Hamas again.
He goes on to thank the soldiers of Israel whom, he says fight "like lions" against "barbarism".
