President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he hopes to get a ceasefire deal in Gaza “straightened out” within the next week.

Asked by a reporter about the situation in Gaza as he was preparing to board a plane to travel to the FIFA Club World Cup Finals, Trump responded, “Gaza, we are talking and hopefully we’re going to get that straightened out over the next week. Let’s see what happens.”

Many in Israel had hoped for the announcement of a deal by the end of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington, D.C., last week.

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