President Donald Trump has ramped up expectations around a possible 60-day ceasefire in the war in Gaza after he said Thursday that a response from Hamas was expected within the next day.

It was not immediately clear whether the group was demanding any significant changes to the plan for a 60-day truce, hostage-for-prisoner swaps and talks on a permanent end to the Gaza war.

Hamas has voiced strong opposition to any potential ceasefire deal that allows Israeli troops to remain stationed in buffer zones within Gaza, denouncing

Trump's meetings with the Israeli leader have brought no apparent breakthrough for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the bloodshed continues unabated.

An Israeli report released Tuesday said that Hamas used sexual violence as a ''tactical weapon of war'' in its Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, building on other investigations by international and Israeli rights groups and the United Nations.

Why would a high-ranking member of the Hamas terrorist group suddenly decide to leak these key details on the same day that ceasefire talks are ongoing?