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, State Department and the Pentagon are not expecting a breakthrough in talks between the two sides, who have been fighting a bitter war in Gaza since Hamas’s terror attack against Israel on October 7.
Officials have for months said that a ceasefire and deal to release Israeli hostages taken by Hamas were close.
