An initial six-week first phase of that ceasefire is due to expire in two days. Israel said on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend the first phase.

Trump was asked whether phase two would come to fruition.

“We’ll see what happens. Nobody really knows, but we’ll see what happens,” he said at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We have some pretty good talks going on.”