India, July 8 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Hamas was willing for a ceasefire with Israel in 21-month war. His remarks came amid a key meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Both leaders have discussed a 60-day ceasefire proposal.

"They want to meet and they want to have that ceasefire," Trump was quoted as saying by news agency AFP. Trump made the remarks when asked about Israel's recent military escalations in the Gaza Strip.

According to Gaza's civil defence agency, at least 12 people were killed by the Israeli forces, among whom six were part of a clinic housing Palestinians displaced due to the war.

Israel and Hamas have been engaged in a war s...