Good evening. I'm Avda Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

The latest on hostage negotiations and Israel's plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians

before full-scale operations to eliminate Hamas and Rafa get underway.

The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether social media platforms have First Amendment free speech rights.

And relief for food allergy sufferers after trials show an asthma drug reduces dangerous reactions to certain foods.

It's been approved now for 21 years to treat asthma.

So a lot of the safety as we face with any drug has been sorted out over those 21 years. Welcome to the news hour. President Biden this evening said it's his hope that by

next Monday a deal could be struck to implement a ceasefire in Gaza and start an exchange of

Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

Meantime, Jordan's King Abdullah warned against an Israeli invasion plan for Raffa in southern Gaza.

Raffa is now home to many of Raza's 2.3 million Palestinians who fled fighting in other parts

of the strip.

Following this all is our Nick Schifrin,

and he joins me now.

So, Nick, let's begin with this hostage.

Deal, President Biden says he hopes

will be implemented by Monday.

What do we know about that?

US and Israeli officials tell me that they have a new outline of a deal that would stop

the war for about six weeks and lead to the release of 35 to 45 hostages. That includes women, the elderly, and the wounded.

Now one of the obstacles still is female Israeli soldiers believed it would be five of them,

whether Hamas will release them.

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