Trump meets with Netanyahu amid Gaza ceasefire talks
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for the second time on Tuesday evening to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza.
The meeting came after Trump claimed that Steve Witkoff, the Middle East ambassador Steve Witkoff, had a problem left to agree on the 60 -day cease -fire agreement.
Netanyahu came to the White House soon after 17:00 EST (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday for the meeting, which was not open to the press members.
In the early hours of Tuesday, Netanyahu met with Vice President JD Vance. He also met Trump for a few hours at a dinner at the White House on Monday.
Netanyahu’s third state visit to the United States since Trump’s second period.
The meeting of the two leaders took about two hours.
Netanyahu also met with the Republican representative speaker Mike Johnson.
After this meeting, the Israeli Prime Minister said that Israel did not believe that the military campaign in Gaza was held, but the negotiators “absolutely work” on the ceasefire.
Netanyahu said, “We still have to finish the work in Gaza, release all our hostages, eliminate and destroy Hamas’s military and government capabilities.” He said.
Witkoff then said that they closed the gap on issues that prevented Israel and Hamas from reaching an agreement before, and hoped that this week will be accepted by a temporary, 60 -day ceasefire.
Witkoff said, “You had four problems and now we’ve fallen into one,” Witkoff said.
He added that the draft agreement would include the release of 10 alive hostages and the bodies of the ninth who died.
Axios came to the White House to the White House and spoke to the authorities for several hours and showed a information about the talks before a meeting of the Israeli prime minister with Trump on Monday.
Trump told journalists on Monday evening, said the cease -fire talks were “very well”. However, Qatar, who played a mediator in negotiations, said that more time was needed for negotiations on Tuesday morning.
“I don’t think I can give any time scratches right now, but I can say that we need time for this right now,” Qatar’s spokesman Majed Al-Asd said. He said.
Before the discussions continued on Tuesday, a Palestinian source familiar with talks said that they did not make any progress to the BBC.
The latest negotiations between Hamas and Israel began on Sunday.
According to Israel figures, the ongoing Gaza War began on October 7, 2023 when Hamas attacked Israel, killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. According to the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, Israel’s retaliation attack killed at least 57,500 in Gaza.
