A Hamas official says the group is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel. The comments by Bassem Naim in an interview with The Associated Press offer a possible formula to resolve one of the thorniest issues in the U.S.-brokered agreement. The sides, which agreed to the ceasefire in October, are preparing to move into a second and more complicated phase of the agreement. The deal halted a two-year Israeli offensive in Gaza and lays out a plan for rebuilding the devastated territory. Israel launched the offensive in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, which Naim called an “act of defense.”

Russian missile, drone, and shelling attacks have killed at least four people in Ukraine. A man died in a drone attack in the Chernihiv region on Saturday night. A missile and drone attack on Kremenchuk caused power and water outages. On Sunday, shelling in the Kharkiv region killed three people and wounded 10 others. These attacks followed talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials aimed at ending the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the talks with American officials. Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed the Trump administration’s new national security strategy, which favors dialogue with Russia.