Protests supporting Gaza take place in Europe
Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday.
Hamas responded Friday to President Donald Trump's proposal for peace in Gaza, as the president gave a deadline of 6 p.m. ET Sunday to sign on to the plan he unveiled earlier this week.
Hamas said it will release all remaining hostages if Israel withdraws from Gaza and "proper field conditions are met." More negotiations will need to take place to finalize the deal, which Trump unveiled Monday while hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
Any agreement could mean an end to the Israel Defense Forces' operation to take control of Gaza City, the largest urban area in the Gaza Strip.
Multiple Western nations recognized Palestinian statehood in recent weeks while also demanding that Hamas not be part of any future government.
Netanyahu said that Israel will not allow an independent Palestinian state to exist.
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Netanyahu to hold security cabinet meeting on Saturday, sources say
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a security cabinet meeting on Saturday night to discuss -- among other things -- a list of Palestinian prisoners to be released and options for Israel Defense Forces Gaza withdrawal maps, two Israeli sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Morgan Winsor
Palestinian president welcomes Trump's 'significant' ceasefire efforts
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday he welcomes "Hamas' positive statements" as well as the "significant efforts made by President Trump to end the war in the Gaza Strip and move toward lasting peace," according WAFA, the official news agency of the Palestinian Authority.
"We welcome these statements as they signal a willingness to release all hostages and adopt a constructive approach during this critical stage, which requires everyone to exercise the highest level of national responsibility," Abbas said, as quoted by WAFA.
"What matters to us now is an immediate commitment to a complete ceasefire, the release of all hostages and prisoners, the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid through U.N. organizations, ensuring the prevention of displacement or annexation and the commencement of the reconstruction process," Abbas said.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller, Samy Zyara and Morgan Winsor
66 killed in Gaza over 24 hours, health ministry says
Israeli forces killed 66 Palestinians and wounded 265 others in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said Saturday afternoon.
That brings the Palestinian death toll in Gaza since the ongoing war began to 67,074, according to the health ministry.
Among those killed over the past day were six people trying to collect humanitarian aid, while another 40 were injured, the health ministry said.
Additionally, two children starved to death in the war-torn Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry.
That brings the total number of starvation deaths in Gaza since the ongoing war began to 459, which includes 154 children, the health ministry said.
-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz, Samy Zyara and Morgan Winsor
WHO director-general welcomes Gaza peace proposal
World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday expressed backing for the Gaza peace plan proposed by President Donald Trump, saying in a post to X, "The best medicine is peace."
"WHO welcomes the peace plan for Gaza proposed by the president of the United States and supported by other countries for an immediate end to the war, the release of all hostages, the resumption of humanitarian aid, reconstruction, including of hospitals, and peaceful and prosperous coexistence for Palestinians and Israelis," Ghebreyesus said.