US President Joe Biden commented Tuesday on reports that a deal to fee dozens of Hamas hostages is imminent.

"We have been working on this intensively for weeks," Biden said. "We're now very close — very close. We could bring some of these hostages home very soon. But I don't want to get into the details of things because nothing is done until it is done."

"And when we have more to say, we will, but things are looking good at the moment," he said.