Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak this evening on the agreement for the release of the hostages.
The prime minister's office reported it.
The speech time is scheduled for 6.30pm in Italy.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he hoped for an agreement between Israel and Hamas on the hostages but that "there is still a lot of work to do".
After the meeting in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken also reported that they discussed "additional measures" to bring "necessary aid" to the Gaza Strip.
Israel will ask the mediators "to put pressure on Hamasa to present a new proposal".
An Israeli source quoted by Ynet said this according to which Hamas' counter-proposal "contains many issues on which there is no possibility that Israel will agree".
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