Trump says there could be a Gaza deal next week

Aftermath of an Israeli strike Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday it was good that Hamas said it had responded in “a positive spirit” to a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal.

He told reporters aboard Air Force One there could be a deal on a Gaza ceasefire by next week but that he had not been briefed on the current state of negotiations.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Andrea Shalal; Editing by Tom Hogue)