ANKARA (Reuters) -Thirty-six Turkish nationals aboard vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was seized by Israeli forces, are expected to return to Turkey on a special flight on Saturday afternoon, the Turkish foreign ministry said.

Citizens of other countries are also expected to be on board the flight, it added.

"The final number has not yet been confirmed," the ministry said in a statement.

The plane, operated by Turkish Airlines, is expected to land at Istanbul Airport sometime after 1430 local time (1130 GMT), the ministry said.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

GAZA (Reuters) -Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.

Hamas' declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump's plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he hoped to bring home the hostages being held by Hamas in a matter of days, as negotiators headed to Cairo for talks aimed at putting an end to nearly two years of war in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump warned he would "not tolerate delay" from the Palestinian militant group, after it responded positively to his roadmap for freeing the captives and administering post-war Gaza.

(Reuters) -Donald Trump has called for Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza after Hamas said it was ready to release hostages and agreed to some aspects of the U.S. president's plan to end the war, although Israeli strikes still killed several people on Saturday.

Here are some reactions from around the world to Hamas's comments and Trump's reaction:

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi

CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israel struck Gaza on Saturday, local authorities said, after U.S. President Donald Trump had called for a halt to the bombing and said Hamas is ready for peace, agreeing to release hostages and accepting some other terms in a U.S. plan to end the war.

Israeli fire killed six people across Gaza Strip, local authorities said. One strike killed four people in a house in Gaza City while another killed two others in Khan Younis in the south, medical workers and local authorities said.

By Edward McAllister and Anna Uras

ATHENS (Reuters) -When armed Israeli soldiers boarded a flotilla of boats trying to deliver food and medicine to Gaza on Wednesday night, two web developers in Glasgow scrambled to keep track of the vessels as millions of people worldwide tuned in to monitor their fate.

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hamas responded on Friday to President Donald Trump's plan for Gaza's future, including ending Israel's war in the enclave.

The Palestinian militant group accepted certain key parts of the Trump plan, including ending the war, Israel's withdrawal, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives, aid and recovery efforts, and an opposition to Palestinian expulsion from the territory.

US President Donald Trump said Friday he believed Hamas was ready for "lasting peace" and told Israel to stop bombing Gaza, after the Palestinian militant group declared it was ready to free hostages under his ceasefire plan.

Trump's statement marked the first time since his return to power in January that he has explicitly called on key US ally Israel -- which has yet to react -- to halt its bombardment.

(Reuters) -Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza proposal, and signalled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.

(Reporting by Nidal Al Mughrabi, Yomna Ehab and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Leslie Adler)

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Friday it would agree to some aspects of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war, including releasing hostages and handing over administration of the enclave, but that it would seek negotiations over many of its other terms.