Even as long-stalled talks to try to secure the release of the hostages and reach a ceasefire in Gaza resume in the coming days, there is little expectation of a breakthrough before the US presidential election in less than two weeks, officials told CNN.

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in the central Gaza Strip killed at least 17 civilians on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials reported on the day U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas would resume.

Secretary Blinken said he expects “negotiators will be getting together in the coming days” to discuss pathways toward an Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement.

U.S. and Israeli negotiators will gather in Doha in the coming days to try to restart talks toward a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza, officials said on Thursday.

Negotiations over a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal are set to resume in Doha in the coming days, officials from the US, Israel and Qatar have said. A spokesperson for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said an Israeli delegation will travel to Qatar on Sunday.

U.S. and Israeli negotiators will travel to Doha in the coming days, the top diplomats for U.S. and Qatar said Thursday, intending to resume long-stalled ceasefire talks.

An Egyptian security delegation met with a delegation of Hamas leaders in Cairo as part of efforts to resume the Gaza ceasefire negotiations, Egypt's state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said on Thursday,

U.S. and Israeli officials ae set for talks in Doha on a cease-fire and hostage deal, the U.S. secretary of state said. He announced $135 million in aid for Palestinians.

US and Israeli spy chiefs will hold talks in Doha this weekend as the Biden administration renews its push to halt the war in Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages after the killing of Hamas’s leader.