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We hear that there are negotiations every day, but we see nothing,
said Mazen Hammad, a resident of the southern city of Khan Younis
(Mr. Biden) stressed the immediate need for a ceasefire in Gaza and return of the hostages with a surge in humanitarian aid enabled by a stoppage in the fighting under the deal,
the White House said
The President discussed the fundamentally changed regional circumstances following the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, and the weakening of Iran's power in the region,
the White House said in a statement
The prime minister discussed with the American president the progress in the negotiations for the release of our hostages and updated him on the mandate he has given to the negotiating team in Doha, aimed at advancing the release of the hostages,
Netanyahu's office said in a statement
We are still determined to use every day we have in office to get this done, ... and we are not, by any stretch of imagination, setting this aside.”
Sullivan said
We are very very close [to a Gaza deal] and yet far because we are not there. It is possible to get it done before January 20 - but I can't be sure
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union".
Whether it holds or whether it’s just something that’s announced so that Trump can celebrate it and say he’s moving on”
is the bigger question ... Grim says
Netanyahu has not decided yet. Time is running out,
Hamas' armed branch responded
We join together in the hope that the talks in Doha succeed,
outgoing U.S. Ambassador Jack Lew said at the rally
I cannot foresee significant progress until President Trump assumes office.”
Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Israeli think tank the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, told Agence-France Presse earlier this week
Negotiations going on right now are quite serious and do offer the possibility, at least, of getting this done in the next couple of weeks. This administration will work very hard at that right up until January 20th,
Burns saidI’ve learned the hard way not to get my hopes up about the ceasefire hostage negotiations,
Burns saidI hope that there is a ceasefire and a sustainable ceasefire. I hope that that occurs,
he said in an interview with this masthead on Friday
I think the Greens political party have through their own actions and misinformation, undermined their credibility,
he saidI ask the world, do you hear us? Do we exist
said Hamza Saleh, one of the vast majority of Gaza's 2.3 million residents who have been displacedReturn with an agreement that ensures the return of all hostages, down to the last one - the living for rehabilitation and the deceased for proper burial in their homeland,
said a statement by a group representing some hostages' families