The Biden administration is putting pressure on a deal before the inauguration, which will see President-elect Donald Trump return to the White House.

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The Israeli Prime Minister’s office confirmed that a deal has been agreed upon with Hamas to release the hostages held in Gaza. Follow for live news updates.

Israel intensified strikes on Gaza hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced, residents and authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, and mediators sought to quell fighting ahead of the truce's start on Sunday.

DOHA, Jan 13 — Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal on Monday to end the war in Gaza, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a midnight “breakthrough” in talks attended by envoys of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Israel bombs Gaza after deal announced, 32 dead, medics say Mediators seeking to end hostilities before Sunday, source says Three phases of implementation seen In Tel Aviv, hostage families express joy DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Jan 15 ...

President Joe Biden and his top diplomats, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, had sought closure during his term.

Behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings by the Reagan campaign and Team Trump clinched deals in the eleventh hour, showing Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden in a poor light

Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages on Saturday, in return for some 200 Palestinian prisoners,

He pointed out that the second task is to prevent Israel from shedding the stigma of genocide, saying: “We hope that neither Arabs nor Palestinians assist Israel in escaping its predicament without achieving a just resolution to the Palestinian issue.”