US officials now believe that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is unlikely before President Biden leaves office in January, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal said top-level officials in the White House,

More than 40,900 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, have been killed by the IDF’s attacks on Gaza since the war began on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants invaded Israel and slaughtered 1,200 people and took 250 hostage.

U.S. officials now believe that a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is not expected before the end of President Joe Biden's term in January, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

WASHINGTON—Despite months of painstaking effort, senior U.S. officials say they don’t expect Israel and Hamas to agree to a cease-fire and a hostage-release deal before the end of President Biden’s term.

A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented to the Biden administration a new proposed ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas, an Israeli official told CNN.