Israel has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, Donald Trump has said, as the US President demanded that terror group Hamas accepts the deal "for the good of the Middle East".

After "long and productive" talks between the Americans and Israelis, Trump said the pair had come to an agreement on the conditions needed to secure a halt in fighting.

The "final proposal" will soon be pased on to Hamas by mediators from Egypt and Qatar.

Late last night, Trump said on social media: "I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this deal, because it will not get better - IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.

Donald Trump has said that Israel has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza

"Thank you for your attention to this matter!" he added.

Alongside a ceasefire, the US is said to have asked for the release of half of Hamas's hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and the remains of other Palestinians.

Israel believes that 24 of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023 are still alive.

They are largely younger men - 22 Israelis, one Thai and one Nepalese - who were active-duty soldiers or security at the music festival which the Iran-backed terror group rampaged through two years ago.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be at the White House for a second time in Trump's second term on Monday.

On Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House for a second time in Trump's second term

And Trump has so far pledged to be "very firm" with Netanyahu on the need for a speedy ceasefire.

"We hope it's going to happen. And we're looking forward to it happening sometime next week," he said. "We want to get the hostages out."

The US Commander-in-Chief also said he would discuss the situation in Iran, just over a week after he declared the "12-day war" between Tel Aviv and Tehran to be over.

A few hours later, Iran and Israel were accused of breaking the Trump-brokered ceasefire deal.

Back in April, when Netanyahu visited the White House, Trump said he would like the war in Gaza to stop and thought that would happen relatively soon.

Alongside a ceasefire, the US is said to have asked for the release of half of Hamas's hostages (file photo)

Stopping the conflict in Gaza was a Trump campaign promise.

Netanyahu, meanwhile, had vowed that "whatever happens, we must make sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons" - and just over two months later, his forces unleashed a barrage of attacks across Iran to ensure just that.

Tehran reacted to the Israeli and American attacks by moving to withdraw from international nuclear oversight, with the country's Parliament passing legislation halting cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog.

On Wednesday morning, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian formally passed that into law.

The watchdog - the International Atomic Energy Agency - now thinks that Iran is just months away from enriching uranium.