Both Israeli and Hamas leaders are reacting to President Joe Biden’s recent comments that he is hopeful a ceasefire agreement could be reached within a week.

The U.S. president and his administration have spent months working with both sides, as well as the Qatari and Egyptian governments, which are also acting as mediators between Israel and Hamas, on a potential second ceasefire agreement in exchange for the release of the hostages Hamas is still holding in Gaza and has since the Oct. 7 attack that prompted the war.