United States President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a deal to end the two-year war between Israel and the Hamas in Gaza was "close." The 79-year-old US president made the comment during a joint press briefing with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Oval Office in Washington. "We want to get Gaza over with," Trump told reporters. "I think we’re close to getting some kind of deal done," he added.

What did Trump say at the briefing?

At the briefing, Trump said: "We want to get the hostages back, I have to get the hostages back," referring to the Israelis in captivity. He said there were around 20 living hostages and "38 or so" dead hostages. "Pretty sad, and the parents of those dead souls, those dead, mostly men, boys, many cases, they want those bodies back so badly," he

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