President Joe Biden said he hopes to have a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas by next week.Biden, during a political visit to New York on Monday (February 26), said he hopes to have the ceasefire in place by March 4.Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has denied that a meeting took place between its commerce minister and his Israeli counterpart. The denial comes after a video showed their interaction on the sidelines of a World Trade Organization conference in Abu Dhabi. Riyadh said that Commerce Minister was standing when “an unknown individual approached the minister to offer greetings.” He “later identified himself as the minister of economy in the Israeli occupation government,” Saudi state news agency SPA reports.