President Trump met Tuesday with his top national security team to discuss the progress of the Gaza deal negotiations before his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner depart for Egypt later today, two sources with knowledge tell Axios.

Why it matters: Trump and his team are pushing hard for both Israel and Hamas to conclude their negotiations within days and on deal that would free the remaining hostages and end a war has now crossed the two-year mark. • Trump said on Monday he thinks "we have a really good chance" of concluding the deal. U.S. and Israeli officials say such a deal has never been closer. • Those officials say the negotiations over the last day were of a technical nature and focused on mapping out the remaining gaps, and will reach crunch time only when Witkoff and Kus

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