Netanyahu mentioned Sunday of the U.S. plan “I hope we will make it a go”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned Sunday in an interview with Fox Information’ “The Sunday Briefing” that Mr. Trump’s plan was nonetheless in progress, however “I hope we will make it a go as a result of we need to free our hostages. We need to do away with Hamas rule and have them disarmed, Gaza demilitarized, and a brand new future arrange for Gazans and Israelis alike and for the entire area.”
He additionally indicated it was potential Hamas leaders may very well be allowed to go away beneath a peace deal.
“In earlier statements, I mentioned that if Hamas leaders, for instance, are escorted in another country, … in the event that they end the struggle, launch all of the hostages, we allow them to out.” He added that it must be “labored out.”
That is Netanyahu’s fourth assembly with Mr. Trump in the course of the president’s second time period.
Netanyahu’s authorities has confronted growing worldwide stress over its dealing with of the Israel-Hamas struggle, which has destroyed a lot of the Gaza Strip’s infrastructure and killed greater than 60,000 individuals, in line with the Hamas-run Gaza Well being Ministry, which doesn’t specify how most of the lifeless have been militants or civilians. The struggle started when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 individuals and taking 251 hostages.
By CBS Information, Joe Walsh
20 hostages are believed to be alive in Gaza, out of remaining 48
There are 48 hostages remaining in Gaza, out of the 251 who were initially taken by Hamas-led terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, but Israel believes only 20 of them are still alive. Most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals.
Netanyahu arrives at the White House and Trump says he’s “very confident” a deal will be reached
The president greeted Netanyahu after his vehicle pulled up to the White House, and the two shook hands. Mr. Trump and Netanyahu exchanged brief words but were too far away for reporters to be able to hear them.
Mr. Trump was asked if he’s confident they’ll have a deal for peace in Gaza.
“I am,” he responded. “Very confident.”
Trump said he wouldn’t allow Israel to annex West Bank
The president said last Thursday he wouldn’t let Israel annex the occupied West Bank, an idea that has been circulated by some members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
“I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank,” the president told reporters during an Oval Office event. “There’s been enough. It’s time to stop now.”
Several media outlets had reported that Mr. Trump gave private assurances to the leaders of Arab and majority-Muslim states that he would push back against any Israeli effort to annex the occupied territory.
Trump said Friday he thought “we have maybe a deal on Gaza”
Mr. Trump said on social media Friday that “very inspired and productive discussions” and “intense negotiations” about Gaza were taking place with countries in the region.
He told reporters the same day, “I think we have maybe a deal on Gaza, very close to a deal on Gaza…I think it’s a deal that will get the hostages back. It’s gonna be a deal that will end the war…. I think we have a deal.”
Israel has been pressing ahead with another major ground operation in Gaza City. It follows reports from humanitarian experts that parts of Gaza are experiencing famine. More than 300,000 people are reported to have fled Gaza City, but up to 700,000 are still there, in many cases because they can’t afford to relocate.
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Netanyahu told world leaders at the U.N. Friday Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders in an address at the United Nations Friday that Israel “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the devastating war in Gaza.
“Western leaders may have buckled under the pressure,” he said. “And I guarantee you one thing: Israel won’t.”
He spoke after dozens of delegates from multiple nations walked out of the U.N. General Assembly hall en masse Friday as he began.
Responding to countries’ recent decisions to recognize Palestinian statehood, Netanyahu said: “Your disgraceful decision will encourage terrorism against Jews and against innocent people everywhere.”
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Leavitt says Witkoff presented Israel and Hamas with a “detailed 21-point plan”
Steve Witkoff, the White House’s special envoy, presented Israel and Hamas with a “detailed 21-point plan” for peace, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Monday morning.
“We’ve obviously had direct and indirect conversations with Hamas as well, and ultimately, the President knows when you get to a good deal, both sides are going to leave a little bit unhappy, but we need this conflict to end,” Leavitt told reporters. “The president has made that very clear.”
