President Joe Biden is expected to meet this week with the families of Americans believed to be held hostage in Gaza.Biden맥스카지노�s national security adviser Jake Sullivan told the families in a meeting Monday afternoon that the president would meet with them later this week, a source familiar told CNN.Biden is also expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, a U.S. official said, though the date of the meeting has been fluid as the U.S. president recovers from COVID-19. The president has been isolating at his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home since his diagnosis last week. He맥스카지노�s set to return to the White House Tuesday afternoon.There are eight dual-American citizens believed to be still captive in Gaza, three of whom have been confirmed dead. The Biden administration has not shared information about the well-being or whereabouts of the five that may still be alive.Biden맥스카지노�s meetings this week with the families of the hostages and Netanyahu comes as a ceasefire and hostages release proposal that the president has been pushing for months has yet to be finalized.Biden, calling into Vice President Kamala Harris맥스카지노� campaign headquarters, said Monday that it맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�critically important맥스카지노� the U.S. maintain its alliances, push for peace and bring hostages home, suggesting the administration may be close to doing so.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve been working very closely with the Israelis and with the Palestinians to try to work out how we can get the Gaza war to end and the Middle East peace and get all those hostages home. I think we맥스카지노�re on a verge of being able to do that,맥스카지노� the president said.A State Department spokesperson reiterated Secretary of State Antony Blinken맥스카지노�s assessment that a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is 맥스카지노�inside the 10 yard line,맥스카지노� but that unresolved issues remain.맥스카지노�We continue discussions with the other mediators and with the government of Israel to try to reach a resolution, but we don맥스카지노�t have that yet, and I don맥스카지노�t have any kind of forecast about when we might come to one,맥스카지노� State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a press briefing Monday.Netanyahu is traveling to Washington, D.C., to address Congress 맥스카지노� along with meeting with Biden and Harris 맥스카지노� but Miller would not say whether or not a deal might happen by then.CNN맥스카지노�s Michael Conte and Jennifer Hansler contributed to this report.