The Biden administration sees a possible Gaza truce as soon as this week, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan told Bloomberg News on Monday, adding that there were no guarantees that the parties would agree to such a deal.

US has been close to a cease-fire in Gaza before but has not gotten across finish line, top US aide tells Bloomberg - Anadolu Ajansı

Retiring President Biden said Wednesday that US citizens will be among those released by Hamas as part of a Gaza Strip cease-fire deal — while refusing to give any credit to President-elect Donald Trump for escalating pressure on the terrorist group.

Hamas' negotiators, led by a burly former lawmaker, had left the prime minister's office, having given up on an eleventh-hour demand that was the last major obstacle to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after 466 days of war.

White House officials on Monday expressed cautious optimism that a deal to pause 15 months of grinding war in the Gaza Strip and secure the release of Israeli and other foreign hostages held by Hamas could be struck in the final week of President Joe Biden’s term in office.

Heavy fighting rocked the Gaza Strip on Monday, leaving dozens of Palestinians and five Israeli soldiers dead, even as the White House said that a Gaza truce and hostage release

The White House says Gaza truce talks are at a 'pivotal point' :: Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Advisor:::: Washington, D.C. "We are now at a pivotal point in the negotiations for a hostage deal and cease fire in Gaza.

Israel and Hamas have been holding indirect talks for more than a year aimed at ending the war in Gaza and returning the hostages to Israel.

US, Israeli, and Palestinian officials have expressed increased optimism that a cease-fire agreement could soon be reached.

US President Joe Biden said Monday that a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel was "on the brink" of being finalised, even as heavy fighting rocked the Palestinian territory.

American officials believe a ceasefire and hostages release deal in the Israel-Hamas war is now in sight, in what marks the first real sign of serious optimism inside the Biden administration in months,

Pressure is on to reach a deal that would see Hamas release at least some hostages before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office.