close Video

NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!

White House special envoy Steve Witkoff said he is pushing for all hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be returned this week, though negotiations with Hamas still appear to be at an impasse.

"We adamantly want, and I'm following the president's direction here when I say this, all of those hostages home this week," Witkoff told Fox News’ Bret Baier on "Special Report" Tuesday night.

"There’s been a deal on the table for the last six or seven weeks that would have released 10 of the hostages out of the 20 who we think are alive," he said, noting that he believes Hamas is "100%" to blame for the hold-up.

"It was Hamas who slow played that process, and it is Hamas now who is saying we accept that deal," Witkoff added.

NETANYA

See Full Page