Negotiations to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas are close and the disagreements among parties have narrowed amid intensive talks, deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Sunday.Video above 맥스카지노� 'I just can't imagine the terror': Woman's family among hostages taken by Hamas맥스카지노�We think that we are closer than we have been perhaps at any point since these negotiations began weeks ago, that there are areas of difference and disagreement that have been narrowed, if not closed out entirely,맥스카지노� Finer told CNN맥스카지노�s Jake Tapper on 맥스카지노�State of the Union,맥스카지노� stressing that these are sensitive negotiations and no deal is currently in place.Finer declined to dive into the details of the talks, but said officials are working around the clock and that it remains a priority for President Joe Biden.U.S. officials have been signaling for days that Israel and Hamas are moving closer to a deal to secure the release of hostages taken during the Hamas attacks on Israel in exchange for a sustained, days-long pause in fighting.Only a handful of hostages have been released so far since the start of the war.The negotiating parties 맥스카지노� Israel, Hamas and the U.S., with Qatar mediating between them 맥스카지노� have sought to work through a number of sticking points. These include how many days a potential pause in fighting would last and the number of hostages that would be released, sources familiar with the talks previously told CNN.Earlier Sunday, Qatar맥스카지노�s prime minister similarly said 맥스카지노�good progress맥스카지노� has been made 맥스카지노�in the past few days맥스카지노� in the negotiations, adding that the sticking points are 맥스카지노�more practical, logistical, not really something that represents the core of the deal.맥스카지노�Asked about how many hostages the U.S. believes are still alive, Finer responded that they don맥스카지노�t have exact numbers but said, 맥스카지노�We do believe that there is a significant number of Americans being held.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�One of the challenges associated with this is we맥스카지노�re not on the ground in Gaza, the United States. We are not in direct contact with Hamas. We do that only through intermediaries. And so, we don맥스카지노�t have perfect fidelity about exact numbers of hostages, including numbers who are still alive,맥스카지노� he said.Finer also said the U.S. is still gathering information about strikes that hit a UN-run school, which was being used as a shelter, in Gaza over the weekend.맥스카지노�What I can say at this point 맥스카지노� and we맥스카지노�re also in touch with the Israelis to try to find out what they know about what happened 맥스카지노� is that if harm was done to innocent civilians sheltering at a U.N. site, that would be totally unacceptable,맥스카지노� Finer said.Finer also on Sunday warned Israel against carrying out offensive operations in southern Gaza until it has adjusted its planning to account for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled south amid the fierce fighting in the north. Israel, which has said that Hamas leadership fled south, is likely to conduct military operations in the southern part of Gaza, Finer said Sunday on CBS맥스카지노� 맥스카지노�Face the Nation,맥스카지노� adding that Israel has the 맥스카지노�right맥스카지노� to do so despite the serious concerns over civilian casualties.맥스카지노�We think that their operations should not go forward until 맥스카지노� those additional civilians have been accounted for 맥스카지노� (Israel) should draw lessons from how the operation proceeded in the north, including lessons that lead to greater and enhanced protections for civilian life things like narrowing the area of active combat, clarifying where civilians can seek refuge from the fighting,맥스카지노� Finer said.Finer also said that the Palestinian Authority, which has partial administrative control of the West Bank, will 맥스카지노�have to be part맥스카지노� of any future governing solution in both the West Bank and Gaza following the current hostilities 맥스카지노� a prospect that Israel맥스카지노�s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has explicitly opposed.맥스카지노�Our view is the Palestinian Authority is the only official institutional representative of the Palestinian people in the West Bank, that it will have to be part of any way forward when it comes to governance both in Gaza and the West Bank,맥스카지노� Finer said.CNN맥스카지노�s Alex Marquardt, Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee and Oren Liebermann contributed to this report.