This marks the first meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the war with Iran.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it would send its negotiating team to Qatar, this after Hamas said it had issued a "positive response" to a U.S.-mediated ceasefire proposal.

By Andrea Shalal and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, while Israeli officials hold indirect talks with Hamas aimed at reaching a U.

Shalom Lipner, non-resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council and a former advisor at Israel's Prime Minister's Office says while Israel's Gaza war has both "substantive" and "self-serving" objectives,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Nir Oz kibbutz on Thursday for the first time since it was devastated by the October 7, 2023, attacks and spoke to relatives of hostages still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Congressional leaders are meeting this week with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after some lawmakers accused the Israeli leader of trying to drag the U.S. into another war.