The Hebrew newspaper “Maariv” said, on Tuesday, that US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called on the Minister in the Israeli War Council, Benny Gantz, to set a “specific timetable” to end the war that has been ongoing in the Gaza Strip for 5 months.

The newspaper reported details of the meeting held at the White House on Monday evening, in which Sullivan called on Gantz to “set a specific timetable to end the war in Gaza.”

For its part, the Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation indicated that Gantz “asked American officials to pressure Egypt and Qatar to make Hamas accept the Israeli position in the ongoing talks, to reach an agreement to exchange prisoners and a prolonged ceasefire in Gaza.”

The authority reported that Gantz said in a text to senior American officials during Monday’s meetings at the White House: “You must escalate the pressure on the mediators, Egypt and Qatar, to make Hamas flexible. You have the ability to put pressure, and they have the tools,” as he put it.

On Sunday, Gantz began an official visit to Washington, in light of American reports stating that “the American administration is beginning to run out of patience with the behavior of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the war and allegations that he is being constrained by his two partners in the government, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich,” according to the statement. Yedioth Ahronoth Hebrew newspaper.

Gantz also met, on Monday evening, with US Vice President Kamala Harris, while negotiations were being held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to reach a truce in the Gaza Strip with the approaching month of Ramadan next Monday.

Negotiations are taking place in Cairo with the participation of Egypt, the United States, Qatar, and Hamas, without further details and without mentioning the reason for Israel’s non-participation.

On Sunday, the Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation quoted an unnamed Israeli official as saying that Tel Aviv required that attendees of the Cairo meetings obtain lists of the names of living Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip, in order to move forward with the deal, which was also rejected by the Israeli War Council and sparked a new dispute with the two prime ministers. Benjamin Netanyahu on the course of the war and negotiations.

A truce previously prevailed between Hamas and Israel for a week from November 24 to December 1, 2023, during which a ceasefire took place, a prisoner exchange took place, and very limited humanitarian aid was brought into Gaza, with Qatari-Egyptian-American mediation.