Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to satisfy US President Donald Trump on the White Home subsequent week, the Israeli prime minister’s workplace has mentioned.
The go to, but to be confirmed by the Trump administration, is ready to happen on 4 February.
Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned in a press release that the Israeli PM is the primary overseas chief to be invited to the White Home throughout Trump’s second time period.
On Monday, whereas onboard Air Pressure One, Trump mentioned Netanyahu could be travelling to Washington to satisfy him “very quickly”, with out giving a selected date.
The assembly comes as a six-week ceasefire is being noticed in Gaza after a deal was struck between Israel and Hamas to halt the battle.
Trump claimed credit score for getting the ceasefire deal over the road when it was first introduced, saying on Fact Social the “epic” settlement was attainable solely as a result of he received November’s presidential election.
The White Home assembly would additionally come after Trump said last week that he wanted Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza, after describing the strip as a “demolition website”.
Each Hamas and the Palestinian Authority condemned the proposal. Jordan and Egypt have additionally rejected the thought.
Nonetheless, the thought of encouraging Gazans to relocate to neighbouring nations has lengthy been pushed by hardline right-wing members of Netanyahu’s authorities.
The January ceasefire deal has paused the battle which started when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 folks and taking 251 again to Gaza as hostages.
Greater than 47,200 Palestinians, the bulk civilians, have been killed in Israel’s subsequent offensive, Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry says.