US President Joe Biden has said he hopes to have a ceasefire in the Israel-G-aza war “by next Monday”.

His comments come in the midst of reports of some progress reached in ongoing negotiations involving Israel and Hamas representatives in Qatar.

The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 29,782 people have been killed in the territory since then, including 90 on Sunday alone.

A spokesman for the US State Department said that “progress” has been made in negotiations to release the Israeli hostages in the last several days, but that it remains unclear if Hamas will accept the latest proposed deal.