<p>Washington: US President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> is determined to bring about a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas while also seeking to de-escalate tensions on Israel's border with Lebanon, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday.</p><p>"He absolutely hasn't given up," Sullivan said in an interview with MSNBC hours before Biden addresses the UN General Assembly for the last time as president.</p><p>Biden will huddle with world leaders gathered in New York to work on a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, Sullivan said.</p>.Kamala Harris to raise Gaza ceasefire deal in meetings with UAE leader.<p>He acknowledged challenges in getting both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar across the line and said Hamas and Sinwar in particular "don't want to do a deal."</p><p>"But we're determined to keep at it," Sullivan said.</p><p>The United States has worked to contain tensions in the region since Hamas' attack inside Israel from Gaza on October 7 led to a nearly yearlong Israeli retaliation on the coastal strip.</p><p>The simmering conflict with Hezbollah at Israel's northern border has spiked on and off since October 7 and it is spiking now, he said.</p><p>"But we have averted it in those previous spikes, and I believe that we can still find a path forward to get de-escalation between Israel and across that northern border between Israel and Lebanon and bring about a diplomatic solution that allows people to return to their home," Sullivan said. </p>
<p>Washington: US President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> is determined to bring about a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas while also seeking to de-escalate tensions on Israel's border with Lebanon, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday.</p><p>"He absolutely hasn't given up," Sullivan said in an interview with MSNBC hours before Biden addresses the UN General Assembly for the last time as president.</p><p>Biden will huddle with world leaders gathered in New York to work on a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, Sullivan said.</p>.Kamala Harris to raise Gaza ceasefire deal in meetings with UAE leader.<p>He acknowledged challenges in getting both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar across the line and said Hamas and Sinwar in particular "don't want to do a deal."</p><p>"But we're determined to keep at it," Sullivan said.</p><p>The United States has worked to contain tensions in the region since Hamas' attack inside Israel from Gaza on October 7 led to a nearly yearlong Israeli retaliation on the coastal strip.</p><p>The simmering conflict with Hezbollah at Israel's northern border has spiked on and off since October 7 and it is spiking now, he said.</p><p>"But we have averted it in those previous spikes, and I believe that we can still find a path forward to get de-escalation between Israel and across that northern border between Israel and Lebanon and bring about a diplomatic solution that allows people to return to their home," Sullivan said. </p>