(NewsNation) – Israel and Hamas have agreed to a temporary pause in fighting in return the release Dozens of hostages after the US facilitated the deal for weeks.

“There was a concerted effort across the government, in the State Department, particularly here at the National Security Council and outside the Oval Office to sign this deal and see if we can free these hostages.” So again, a lot of personal commitment, from the commander in chief on downwards,” said John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council.

Kirby told NewsNation the Biden administration has been working non-stop for several weeks to make this happen The deal. The hostages the US hopes to release include two women and a small child. However, whether they are on the list will not be announced until the publications are made.

“We certainly hope that these three Americans will be in this first installment of hostages released, but we won’t know for sure until they get out,” Kirby said.

The agreement reached includes the publication of 50 women and children, But intelligence suggests there are likely more of them, held by Hamas. The deal was structured to encourage the future release of hostages.

“Now the proof is obviously in the pudding. We are grateful for this deal. We anticipate the hostages could move as early as the next 24 hours, but we will have to watch and see,” Kirby told NewsNation.

Since the crisis began, the U.S. has been approached by officials from Qatar and Israel to discuss it Hostage releasebecause they found the situation unacceptable, according to a senior administration official.

The USA had almost daily Higher level calls with Qatar, Israel and Egypt for hostage negotiations.

President Joe Biden, who was personally involved in the trial, met with the families of six hostages six days after the attacks. On October 18, he visited Israel, with the release of hostages the main topic of discussion.

On October 23, a secret cell of aid workers, along with Israeli and Qatari forces, succeeded Release two American hostages. According to the senior administration official, the operation served as a “pilot process” to track the hostages as they moved through Gaza in real time.

On October 25, Biden was informed of progress in the negotiations and the agreement began to take shape. Then on November 12, Biden called the Emir of Qatar and said, “Where we have been is not enough” and demanded that a list of information about the hostages be released. This included the names, gender, nationality and age of the remaining hostages.

Shortly thereafter, Hamas released identifying information about the 50 hostages to be released.

On November 14, President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss further implementation of the hostage deal.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan played a key role in crafting the formula for implementing the deal, which appeared to be getting closer until Hamas communications broke down and talks briefly broke down.

Last Friday, November 17, Biden called the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and said the deal was done and the responsibility fell to Hamas. The next day the US held a meeting to close the remaining gaps, and yesterday the Israeli cabinet agreed to this deal.

This comes as the president has been under increasing pressure from Democrats to reach a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas low poll numbers because of his handling of the crisis.

Now the White House hopes that the release of the hostages will begin tomorrow morning and that the pause in military operations will extend to northern Israel so that more humanitarian aid can enter the country.