Families of Israeli hostages taken captive to Gaza by Islamist group Hamas urged U.S. President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday to work on a deal to free those still being held before winter.

Joe Biden reportedly asked Donald Trump to work with him to secure a hostage deal in the Middle East when they met at the White House.

President Biden asked President-elect Trump during their two-hour meeting on Wednesday to work together in order to push for a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas. Why it matters: Biden wants to use the two months he has left in office to break the prolonged deadlock in the negotiations over a Gaza deal.

Moshe Emilio Lavi, brother-in-law of hostage Omri Miran, discusses the hostage crisis as the Israel war continues.

President Biden has spent the past few days promising to continue working to free all the hostages, who have been held by Hamas for over 400 days.

The White House is still pushing for a breakthrough in the stalled hostage-release and ceasefire in Gaza negotiations.