The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said, without providing proof, that Hamas had attacked an aid site.

Israeli airstrikes killed 14 Palestinians in Gaza and another 10 were killed while seeking food aid, hospital officials in the embattled enclave told The Associated Press on Saturday, as U.S.-led ceasefire efforts appeared to gain momentum after nearly 21 months of war.

Hospital officials in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 38 Palestinians, while Israel was sending a ceasefire negotiating team to Qatar ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Whit

The deal comes more than 20 months into the conflict -- and more than three months after a previous deal ended.

Hamas has submitted its response to a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal, a Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Friday, describing the response as a positive one that should "facilitate reaching a deal.

Hamas issued a “positive response” to a proposal put forward by Egyptian and Qatari mediators. The group did not say what changes it would seek.