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Netanyahu, Trump say Israel working on fresh Gaza hostage deal

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have said that new negotiations were in the works aimed at getting more hostages released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, AFP reports.

“We’re working now on another deal that we hope will succeed, and we’re committed to getting all the hostages out,” Netanyahu told reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump for his part said: “We are trying very hard to get the hostages out. We’re looking at another ceasefire, we’ll see what happens.”

Netanyahu added that “the hostages are in agony, and we want to get them all out.”

The Israeli leader, seated next to Trump, highlighted an earlier hostage release agreement negotiated in part by Trump’s regional envoy Steve Witkoff that “got 25 out.”

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