India, Oct. 5 -- US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the deal with Hamas for the release of Israeli hostages is "90 per cent done", while President Donald Trump called it a "great deal for Israel".

According to Rubio, Hamas had "basically" agreed to Trump's proposal and the framework for releasing the hostages, while meetings were underway to coordinate the logistics of that.

"90 per cent of this has been worked out and we are just sort of finalising the logistical piece," Reuters quoted Rubio as saying.

He also said that Hamas has agreed "in principle" to plan for the aftermath of the end of the Gaza war with Israel, which has been raging on for two years.

"They have also agreed, in principle and generalities, to en...