United States President Joe Biden has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the ongoing talks for a ceasefire in Gaza and stressed the “immediate need” for a truce, as well as the return of Israeli captives held in the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke Sunday about efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war.

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.

Israel and Hamas ‘on the brink’ of ceasefire and hostage release deal, says Biden: Latest updates - A peace deal would put an end to more than a year of fighting, during which tens of thousands of peo

As Israel and Hamas are in the final leg of negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release of hostages, outgoing US President Joe Biden has said that the deal is ‘on the brink of coming to fruition’.

United States President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have reportedly discussed a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza. The two leaders spoke over the phone on Sunday, with Netanyahu updating Biden on the progress of ceasefire talks being mediated in Doha.

The Biden administration sees a possible Gaza truce as soon as this week, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told Bloomberg News on