U.S. President Donald Trump said he "thinks there will be a deal in Gaza very soon," without providing further details. The American president also told reporters in Washington that he believes all hostages will return, both the living and the deceased: "I think we will succeed in bringing them all back." Trump, who about two weeks ago said that fewer than 20 hostages were alive, although this is the official number reported by Israel so far, said that "there may be a little fewer than 20 alive because they tend to die. Even though most of them are young, they tend to die."

