US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Monday that President Joe Biden's administration is optimistic about reaching a detainee exchange agreement, a ceasefire in Gaza, and the entry of necessary aid for citizens in Gaza.

Miller said in his response to the question of the Al-Quds.com correspondent about his assessment of the negotiation efforts, especially since a new round of negotiations was launched again: “We certainly hope that there will be a ceasefire in the future of Gaza, and we are trying hard to achieve a ceasefire,” he noted. "The negotiations are continuing, and the Director of the CIA, William Burns, is in Cairo today to work on those negotiations."

Miller added, "As we said last week when we received a response from Hamas, we found reasons for optimism in that response, but nevertheless, we have not reached an agreement yet, and therefore we do not take reaching an agreement for granted. Therefore, we continue to work to try to reach a ceasefire." "The fire would ensure the release of the hostages, and allow us to increase humanitarian aid and alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people."

The White House National Security Council spokesman, John Kirby, told reporters on Monday that two senior American officials are currently in Cairo for ceasefire talks between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), adding that there are still gaps between the two sides. .

Kirby added that CIA Director William Burns and US Middle East envoy Brett McGurk are in Egypt to meet with Egyptian, Israeli and Jordanian officials, adding that there will be “follow-up discussions” in the next few days.

Kirby continued, "There are still some remaining gaps between the positions of the two parties, but we would not have sent a team there if we did not think that we had no chance there (of making progress)." "We are trying to fill these gaps as much as we can," he added.

According to experts, last week Hamas abandoned its demand that Israel adhere to a ceasefire first before the movement signs any agreement. But a Hamas source told Reuters on Saturday that the movement said instead that it would allow the negotiations to achieve this over the first phase, which will last six weeks.

The move prompted an official from the Israeli negotiating team to say that there was a real chance of concluding an agreement.

In his response to the questions of the Al-Quds.com correspondent, Miller confirmed that the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is committed to the American proposal announced by President Biden on May 31, and adopted by the United Nations Security Council on June 10.

However, according to his statements, Netanyahu insists that the agreement must not prevent Israel from resuming fighting until its goals in the war are achieved. Since the outbreak of the war, he has pledged to eliminate Hamas.

Israel launched its devastating war on Gaza on October 7, after Hamas launched a surprise attack on the Gaza envelope area, which Israel says killed 1,200 people, including 311 soldiers, and detained about 250 Israelis whom Hamas took to Gaza.

The Gaza Ministry of Health said in an update on Monday that at least 38,193 Palestinians have been killed and 87,903 injured, most of them women and children, since the war began.