President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a ceasefire and hostage-release deal with Hamas could be imminent.

“I think we’re going to have a deal in Gaza very soon,” the president told reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

Forty-eight hostages remain in terrorist captivity in the Strip, 703 days after their kidnapping during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel. According to official Israeli estimates, up to 20 are believed to be alive.

“It could be a little bit less than 20 because some, you know, they tend to die, right? They tend to die. Even though they’re young people largely, they’re dying,” Trump continued, adding: “Young people don’t die. Young people stay alive. But with this whole thing, they tend to die.”

Asked whether he was confident

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