US President Donald Trump confirmed he would sit down again with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, with a renewed push towards getting a Gaza ceasefire agreement. This came a day after the two leaders sat down for dinner at the White House, where the Gaza conflict was the central point of discussion.
He’s coming over later. We’re going to be discussing, I would say, probably totally Gaza. We’ve got to get that worked out,” Trump said in a cabinet meeting to reporters. “It’s a tragedy, and he wants to get it worked out, and I want to get it worked out and I think the other side wants to.
Trump’s Middle East peace negotiations envoy Steve Witkoff said he was hopeful that indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, which are taking place in Qatar, would soon culminate in a temporary ceasefire. “We hope within a week’s time we will have an agreement to take us into a 60-day ceasefire,” Witkoff said. He also said the agreement can include the release of ten live hostages and return of nine dead bodies.
Netanyahu is making his third official trip to Washington since Trump resumed office in January and will stay in the US capital until Thursday. Besides meeting Trump, the Israeli prime minister will meet Vice President JD Vance, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and several senators in Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
The increased diplomatic movement indicates growing momentum towards a potential de-escalation of the long-running conflict, although obstacles persist as negotiators make their way through key details in Qatar.
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