Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with US President Joe Biden about the progress in negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal.

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The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks resuming in Qatar.

The US president says negotiations to release Israeli hostages held by Hamas and end the war in Gaza are almost complete.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expresses confidence in a near-term Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange.

Israeli negotiators attending ceasefire and hostage release talks in Doha have expressed “cautious optimism,” even as some gaps between both sides persist, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with outgoing US President Joe Biden on Sunday, updating him on progress in negotiations to reach a hostage release deal in Gaza.

Joe Biden has “stressed the immediate need” of a resolution in Israel’s ceasefire talks with Hamas, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Mediators have given Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal to end the war in Gaza, according to an officia, after a "breakthrough" in talks.

In the everything-must-go fire sale that's rather predictably characterizing the final days of the Joe Biden administration, it seems that one of the casualties will be the families of Israeli hostages being held in the Gaza Strip.