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Biden Optimism on Gaza Truce Breakthrough Met with Pushback, Surprise
(Times of Israel) Officials in Israel and Qatar indicated that a breakthrough hostage deal had yet to be reached. A Hamas official described Biden's statement as "premature" and not reflecting the situation on the ground. There were "still big gaps to be bridged," another Hamas official told Reuters. Hamas official Ahmad Abdel-Hadi told Al Mayadeen TV, "The resistance is not interested in giving up any of its demands, and what is proposed does not meet what it had requested." While 130 hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 remain in Gaza - not all of them alive - a senior source close to the talks said the proposal under discussion would see Hamas free around 40 hostages. Israel's Channel 11 said that Hamas has yet to provide a list of living hostages held in Gaza.