Following Hamas's announcement on Friday night that the terror group would move forward with the release of all the hostages as part of the US proposal, US President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that he believes Hamas is "ready for a lasting peace," and urged Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza.
Egypt said on Saturday the move is a "positive development," according to a foreign ministry statement.
Cairo said it will exert all effort with Arab states, the US, and European countries to reach a permanent ceasefire in the war-torn enclave.
Meanwhile, Qatar welcomed Hamas's response to Trump's Gaza plan, a Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Friday.
The spokesperson said Qatar began coordination with the US and Egypt as the mediator to continue talks on the plan to reach an end to the war.
The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed the response and called for an immediate ceasefire.
Israeli responses
Opposition leader Yair Lapid also responded, saying, "President Trump is right there is an unprecedented opportunity here to release the hostages and end the war."
"Israel should announce that it is joining discussions led by President Trump to close the final details regarding the deal. I informed the American administration that Netanyahu has political backing to continue the process."
A political source told N12 that "There is full cooperation and coordination with the US, also regarding the timetable. We have passed the negotiation stage."
The source added that Israel will not conduct renewed negotiations on the proposal, which Jerusalem considers to be final.
A source involved in the negotiations added to N12, "Despite reports about the plan that talks about releasing all the hostages, I believe we will see a gradual move here...This is American insistence on releasing all the hostages together. Trump demanded to be directly involved. The Americans are mobilized with all their might. Trump wants to end the war and return all the hostages."
American responses
Meanwhile, US Senator Lindsey Graham lamented that, "Hamas’ recent response to President Trump’s plan to end the war, which Israel had accepted, is unfortunately predictable. A classic 'Yes, but.'
Macron's response
French president Macron said in a statement that Hamas's committment must be followed up without delay. "Now is the opportunity to make decisive progress towards peace," he said.
Hamas gave mediators a response to Trump's plan, promising it would approve the transferring of power over the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian governing body that would be elected "based on Palestinian national consensus and with Arab and Islamic support."
Reuters contributed to this report.