Hamas has not given its response on a tabled plan for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza and an exchange of hostages and prisoners, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman said, AFP reports.

“Mediators have not yet received a response from Hamas regarding the latest proposal,” Majed al-Ansari told Qatar’s state news agency. Hamas had “indicated that it is still studying the proposal”, Ansari added, explaining mediation efforts were ongoing.

Meanwhile, Beirut-based senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan cast doubt on the substance of the framework described by the US president.

“There is no proposal — they are just words said by Biden in a speech,” he said. “So far, the Americans have not presented anything documented or written that commits them to what Biden said in his speech,” he added.