'Not a deal in the making,' Netanyahu asserts after U.S. said potential cease-fire, hostage agreement 90% done

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forcefully pushed back on the Biden administration’s characterization of where a potential cease-fire and hostage release deal in the Gaza Strip stands, saying there is “not a deal in the making” just hours after a U.S. official said it was 90% completed.  

“So Hamas is not there with a deal. There’s not a deal in the making, unfortunately,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday morning. 

Asked specifically about the administration’s 90% figure, the Israeli leader called it “exactly inaccurate.” 

“There’s a story, a narrative out there that there’s a deal out there,” Netanyahu continued, going on to refer to it as a “false narrative.”