US President Joe Biden does not expect an agreement on a ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza war by Monday. "Probably not until Monday, but I'm confident," Biden said on Thursday in Washington when asked by a reporter about such a deal.
Biden also spoke briefly about reports of an incident involving an aid convoy on Thursday morning. More than a hundred dead in incident involving aid convoy. Hamas spoke of a "massacre" and threatened that the incident would jeopardize talks about a possible hostage deal.