Many aspects of a deal, paving the way to ceasefire between Israel and radical Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, have been finalized, but some details are yet to be agreed, US Vice President—and presidential candidate—Kamala Harris  made such a statement in an interview with CBS television reporters.

The White House press pool quoted her as saying that being close to a deal "means that a lot of the details have been worked out but details remain."

"And so there has been some progress, but it is meaningless unless a deal is actually reached," Harris added. "We must have a ceasefire and hostage deal as immediately as possible. This war has got to end. It has to end. We cannot lose some belief in the possibility of it because then, to your point, we throw up our hands instead of rolling up our sleeves."