Hamas has informed mediators that it approves the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, a group official told Reuters on Monday.

The official did not provide further details.

The last round of indirect ceasefire talks ended in late July in deadlock with the sides trading blame for its collapse.

Sources close to the Cairo talks had said Egyptian and Qatari mediators had met with leaders of Hamas, allied militant group Islamic Jihad and other factions with little progress reported.

The latest Gaza ceasefire proposal includes a suspension of military operations for 60 days and could be seen as a path to reach a comprehensive deal to end the nearly two-year-long Gaza war, an Egyptian official source told Reuters on Monday.

The period of suspension would see the exchange of Palestinian prisoners in return for the release of half of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the source said.

Hamas had told mediators earlier that it was ready to resume talks about a US-proposed 60-day truce and release of half the hostages, one official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters, but also for a wider deal that would end the war.

Underscoring the gaps in talks on a ceasefire, US President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform on Monday:"We will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!! The sooner this takes place, the better the chances of success will be."