New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Hamas is "ready for a lasting peace".

This is what US President Donald Trump wrote on his social-media platform, Truth Social, after the US-designated terrorist group expressed willingness to release all Israeli hostages held captive for nearly two years.

Israel also responded positively to the announcement, saying it was preparing for the first phase of Trump's 20-point peace plan.

Voila-the self-confessed deal maker appears to have delivered what he long promised the world: an end to the brutal Gaza war that has claimed over 60,000 Palestinian lives in retaliation for the killing of roughly 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping of 251 individuals.

But will it translate into a lasting peace in the region...