President Biden boards Air Force One on Feb. 26 after a fast journey to New York for a marketing campaign occasion.

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President Biden boards Air Force One on Feb. 26 after a fast journey to New York for a marketing campaign occasion.

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President Biden on Monday advised reporters that he’s optimistic that talks on a possible cease-fire within the Gaza Strip have been near reaching a deal that he hoped might be introduced by subsequent Monday.

“My national security adviser tells me that we’re close,” Biden advised reporters who requested him when he anticipated a cease-fire would start.

“We’re not done yet. And my hope is by next Monday, we’ll have a cease-fire,” he mentioned.

Biden’s nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that negotiators from the United States, Israel, Egypt and Qatar had reached an understanding on the outlines of a short lived cease-fire in Gaza with a view to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas and permit extra assist to enter Gaza.

According to Gaza well being officers, near 30,000 folks have been killed there since Israel started its assault in response to Hamas’ terror assaults in October.

Biden made the feedback whereas getting ice cream in New York City, the place he attended a marketing campaign assembly and taped an interview with late-night host Seth Meyers.