President Donald Trump said he plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu at the White House next week, where the two will cover a number of key topics, including the recently concluded military confrontation with Iran and the continuing conflict in Gaza.
Trump mentioned that he anticipates a ceasefire in Gaza will be reached in the coming days and emphasized his continued desire to see all hostages freed.
“He’s coming here. We’re gonna talk about a lot of things. We’re going to talk about the great success we had [in Iran]. I mean, we had an incredible success, like nobody’s had in many years. That was a precision warstrike — and the word ‘obliteration’ can now be used, because the Atomic Energy Commission said you can’t even get into the place. It was demolished,” Trump said.
He continued, “We’re also going to talk about Gaza. We want to get the rest – we got a lot of hostages back, but we’re going to talk about Gaza.”
Netanyahu confirmed the visit during the opening of his Cabinet session on Tuesday, saying he will be heading to Washington to hold strategic talks in light of Israel’s achievements in Operation Rising Lion.
“I am due to leave next week for meetings in the US with US President Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said, noting that his itinerary also includes meetings with Vice President Vance, Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and the President’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. Additional meetings are expected with the Commerce Secretary, key figures from Congress and the Senate, and other high-level security officials.
Trump had already indicated days earlier that negotiations for a truce in Gaza were progressing. During a press interaction on Friday, he remarked, “I think it’s close. I just spoke with some of the people involved. It’s a terrible situation that’s going on in Gaza, and we think within the next week, we’re going to get a ceasefire.”
{Matzav.com}