Middle East: Trump urges Hamas to accept ceasefire plan

US President Trump said Hamas should accept truce terms and that the situation would "only get worse." The call came after dozens of charities have called for an Israeli and US-backed Gaza aid group to be disbanded.

US President Donald Trump said Israel agreed to finalize the terms of a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and called on the militant group Hamas to also accept a proposal created with the help of Qatari and Egyptian mediators.

Should Israel and Hamas enact a temporary ceasefire, Trump said the time would be used to attempt to negotiate a permanent settlement to the war in Gaza.

Meanwhile, aid groups and charities have called for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) to be disbanded. 

The GHF relies on private US security and logistics firms to bring supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a UN-led system that Israel says allowed militants to divert aid.

Since it began its work in late May, hundreds of people have been killed by gunfire at or around sites run by the group and guarded by the Israeli military.

Here, you can read about these and other developments in Gaza,Israel, and the wider crisis in the Middle East on Tuesday, July 1 and Wednesday, July 2: