U.S. President Donald Trump, hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, said the United States had scheduled talks with Iran and indicated progress on a controversial effort to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza.

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Israel and Iran have agreed a ceasefire after a twelve day conflict. Meanwhile, Israel strikes in Gaza continue with the humanitarian crisis deepening.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, where both leaders discussed efforts to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and ongoing ceasefire negotiations with Hamas. Trump indicated that the United States is working closely with Israel and other countries to provide Palestinians with options for their future, while also mentioning scheduled talks with Iran and the potential for lifting sanctions.

The meeting comes amid indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas in Qatar, focused on achieving a U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage release deal. Humanitarian aid access remains a key obstacle, with Palestinian sources citing Israel's restrictions as a major barrier. The White House announced that its Middle East envoy would travel to Doha to join the ongoing discussions.

Netanyahu meets Trump as Israel, Hamas discuss ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday. At the start of the meeting, the leaders indicated progress on a controversial effort to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza. You know, if people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave. It shouldn't be a prison, it should be an open place and give people a free choice. We're working with the United States very closely about finding countries that will seek to realize what they always say, that they want to give the Palestinians a better future. And we've had great cooperation from surrounding, meaning surrounding Israel, surrounding countries, great cooperation from every single one of them, so something good will happen. Trump floated relocating Palestinians and taking over the Gaza Strip earlier this year. Palestinians broadly criticized the proposal and vowed never to leave their homes in the coastal enclave. Human rights groups condemned the plan as ethnic cleansing. Netanyahu's visit to the White House comes just over two weeks after the president ordered the bombing of Iranian nuclear sites in support of Israeli airstrikes. Trump then helped arrange a ceasefire in the 12-day Israel-Iran war. Trump said his administration would be meeting with Iran, and that he would like to lift sanctions on Iran at some point. I would love to be able to, at the right time, take those sanctions off, give them a chance at rebuilding. Iran's president said in an interview released on Monday that he believed Iran could resolve its differences with the United States through dialogue. Trump and his aides appear to be trying to seize on any momentum created by the weakening of Iran, which backs Hamas, to push both sides for a breakthrough in the 21-month Gaza war. And while Trump and Netanyahu met in Washington, Israeli officials held indirect negotiations with Hamas in Qatar aimed at securing a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. In a sign of continued gaps between the two sides, Palestinian sources on the second day of negotiations said that Israel's refusal to allow the free and safe entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza remains the main obstacle to progress in the talks. Israel insists it is taking steps to get food into Gaza, but seeks to prevent militants from diverting supplies. Prior to Trump and Netanyahu's meeting, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters that Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Whitkoff will travel to Doha this week to join the discussions.

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Netanyahu meets Trump as Israel, Hamas discuss ceasefire

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