US President Donald Trump met for a second time in two days with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza as Mr Trump's Middle East envoy said Israel and Hamas were closing their differences on a ceasefire deal. The Israeli leader departed the White House after just over an hour's meeting with Mr Trump in the Oval Office, with no press access. The two men also met for several hours during a dinner at the White House on Monday during Mr Netanyahu's third US visit since the president began his second term. Mr Netanyahu earlier met with Vice President JD Vance and then visited the US Capitol, and is due back in Congress later today to meet US Senate leaders. The Israeli leader told reporters after a meeting with the Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson that while he did not think Israel's campaign in the Palestinian enclave was done, negotiators are "certainly working" on a ceasefire. We still have to finish the job in Gaza, release all our hostages, eliminate and destroy Hamas' military and government capabilities," Mr Netanyahu said. Shortly after Mr Netanyahu spoke, Mr Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said the issues keeping Israel and Hamas from agreeing had dropped to one from four and he hoped to reach a temporary ceasefire agreement this week. "We are hopeful that by the end of this week, we'll have an agreement that will bring us into a 60-day ceasefire. Ten live hostages will be released. Nine deceased will be released," Mr Witkoff told reporters at a meeting of Mr Trump's cabinet. A delegation from Qatar, which has been hosting indirect talks between Israeli negotiators and the Hamas Palestinian militant group, met senior White House officials for several hours before Mr Netanyahu's arrival, Axios reported, citing a source familiar with the details. The White House had no immediate comment on the report. The Gaza war erupted when Hamas attacked southern Israel in October 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures. Some 50 hostages remain in Gaza, with 20 believed to be alive. Israel's retaliatory war in Gaza has killed over 57,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave's health ministry. Most of Gaza's population has been displaced by the war and nearly a million people are facing famine within months, according to United Nations estimates. Mr Trump had strongly supported Mr Netanyahu, even wading into domestic Israeli politics by criticising prosecutors over a corruption trial against the Israeli leader on bribery, fraud and breach-of-trust charges that Mr Netanyahu denies. In his remarks to reporters at the US Congress, Mr Netanyahu praised the Republican, saying there has never been closer coordination between the US and Israel in his country's history