The United States and Israel have closed many of the remaining gaps in their negotiations over a new multibillion-dollar military aid package, and the two sides hope to reach a final deal soon, a senior U.S. official told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday.

Three days of talks on the issue between Jacob Nagel, acting head of Israel's national security council and leader of his country's negotiating team, with U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice, ended on Wednesday.


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