Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a plan in Washington to end the war in Gaza, but first, the Islamist group Hamas must relinquish power, and its leaders must leave the region. According to the prime minister,

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end.

The second phase of negotiations over the Gaza ceasefire could be very rocky. A meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump may be pivotal.

A deadline to begin talks on extending Gaza’s ceasefire arrived Monday with the Israeli prime minister in Washington, silence from his office about when a negotiating team might engage with Hamas, and considerable uncertainty about what the next stage of the fragile truce will look like.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will dispatch a working-level delegation to Doha later this week for negotiations on the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, his office confirmed on Tuesday.

President Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House to discuss the future of a Gaza cease-fire and wider Middle East strategy. Photo: Shawn Thew/Bloomberg News

Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet Trump in his second term as the two discuss the ongoing Gaza ceasefire negotiations at a pivotal moment in the conflict We use cookies to give you the best online experience.