Israeli team said ordered to prepare to depart for hostage-truce talks; security officials said preparing list of Palestinians security prisoners to be freed

Israel’s negotiating team is ordered to prepare to dispatch a delegation to hold talks for implementing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

The move comes after Israeli forces reportedly halted offensive operations in Gaza and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that Israel is prepared for the “immediate implementation of the first stage of Trump’s plan for the immediate release of all the hostages.”

The Kan report says Israeli security officials are drafting a list of Palestinian terrorists and prisoners who could be freed in exchange for the hostages as part of the deal.

The report does not say where the negotiations are set to be held.

Trump last night declared that Hamas is “ready for a lasting PEACE,” calling on Israel for the first time to immediately stop striking in Gaza, as he appeared to wholeheartedly welcome the terror group’s response to his proposal for ending the war in Gaza.

The message from Trump came shortly after Hamas announced that it had submitted its response, in which it welcomed parts of the US proposal, while hinting at resistance regarding other sections and insisting that additional negotiations were needed to finalize the terms.