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Earlier this week, a White House official said that the Israelis âhave more or less acceptedâ the cease-fire proposal.
The start of Ramadan, which is expected to be in a couple weeks, is seen as the unofficial deadline for a cease-fire deal that frees the hostages.
"My hope is by next Monday weâll have a cease-fire," President Joe Biden said in New York on Monday.
Israeli forces have stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza in what the army says is a limited operation seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas.
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The operation killed at least 67 Palestinians, including women and children, according to local health officials.
"Tell the Americans to save my sons," the mother of the young men told her niece.
âThere are a lot of innocent people who are starving," the president said. "There are a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying."
Both sides remain dug in on thus far elusive goals as the war enters its fifth month.
The national security adviser maintained that the U.S. is still opposed to a regional war, despite ongoing retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militias.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, rejected Hamas' main demands for a cease-fire deal.