A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a "serious prisoner swap" and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza.

Hamas is engaged in negotiations in Cairo with mediators from Egypt and Qatar — two nations working alongside the United States to broker a ceasefire in the besieged territory.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau was on a visit to Rabat on Monday, where he is expected to discuss security cooperation with his Moroccan counterpart Abdelouafi Laftit.

Talks will primarily focus on migration cooperation, the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking, according to the French interior ministry.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, will arrive in Tehran on Wednesday for discussions with senior Iranian officials, state media reported, ahead of new round of talks between Iran and the United States.

During his visit, Grossi is set to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the state news agency IRNA reported on Monday, citing Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi.

The next round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program will be held in Rome, the Dutch foreign minister and a second diplomatic source said Monday.

Dutch minister Caspar Veldkamp said at an EU meeting that the talks will take place in the Italian capital, while two diplomats based in the city confirmed that information and said they would happen on Saturday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russian state agencies said Monday, citing the foreign ministry.

"We are expecting Iranian colleagues, talks with Sergei Lavrov as well as meetings with Russian officials are planned," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, after Iran announced that its top diplomat was heading to Moscow later in the week.

Most military sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon have been placed under Lebanese Army control, a source close to the group said.

Lebanon has adopted a draft law on restructuring its banking sector, a condition for unlocking international aid to help it emerge from an economic crisis it has suffered since 2019.

The United States wants a nuclear agreement "as soon as possible", Iran said after rare talks on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens military action if they fail to reach a deal.

The long-term adversaries, who have not had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, are seeking a new nuclear deal after Trump pulled out of an earlier agreement during his first term in 2018.

Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli airstrike destroyed parts of a hospital early Sunday after Israel seized a corridor in the war-battered Palestinian territory and said it planned to expand its military offensive.

U.S.-Iran talks on Saturday in Oman marked a "step forward" between the two adversaries, the White House said, describing discussions including President Donald Trump's regional envoy as "positive and constructive."