Trump To Host Israel’s Netanyahu At White House On July 7 As US Presses For Gaza Ceasefire | World News
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Donald Trump likely to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 7.
US President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters file photo)
Amid US demand for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the return of remaining hostages, President Donald Trump plans to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on July 7, US officials informed.
The officials were not authorised to comment publicly on the visit that hasn’t been formally announced and therefore spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Netanyahu’s visit is coming after Ron Dermer, a top adviser to the Israeli Prime Minister, is in Washington this week to meet with officials at the White House, Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt informed on Monday.
An Israeli official in Washington also confirmed the meeting next Monday, Reuters reported. The two leaders are expected to discuss Iran, Gaza, Syria and other regional challenges, the official added.
Israel ramped up its attacks on northern Gaza on Monday, a day after Trump urged an end to the 20-month-old war, posting on social media: “Make the deal in Gaza, get the hostages back.” The Israeli strikes reportedly killed at least 60 people across Gaza on Monday.
Leavitt told reporters the Trump administration was in constant communication with the Israeli government, saying Trump viewed ending the war in Gaza and returning remaining hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas as a top priority.
She said it was heartbreaking to see images coming from both Gaza and Israel, but Trump’s main priority was securing the release of the remaining hostages.
The war began when Hamas fighters stormed into Israel on October 7, 2023, killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took 251 hostages back to Gaza in a surprise attack that led to Israel’s single deadliest day.
Israel’s subsequent military assault has killed more than 56,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the Gaza health ministry, displaced almost the entire 2.3 million population and plunged the enclave into a humanitarian crisis.
(With agency inputs)
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