Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing on Monday for a US-sponsored peace proposal to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, but questions loomed over whether Hamas would accept the plan.

In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “Russia always supports and welcomes any efforts by Trump aimed at ending the tragedy that is currently unfolding”.

He added: “And, of course, we want this plan to be implemented and for it to help bring events in the Middle East to a peaceful conclusion.”

Russia has been critical of Israel’s military operations in Gaza over the last two years amid a deepening alignment between Moscow and Israel’s arch rival, Iran.

Moscow has long said that a two-state solution is the only way to settle the conflict in the Middle East.