US EditionA Secret White House Meeting on Gaza
WASHINGTON D.C., JUL 09 – Trump and Netanyahu discussed advancing a ceasefire and hostage release amid Gaza conflict; a Qatari delegation helped mediate talks with 10 hostages expected to be freed, officials said.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. President Donald Trump twice in July 2025, including a White House dinner and an Oval Office meeting to discuss Gaza and related issues.
- These meetings followed Hamas's October 2023 attack on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, prompting Israel's retaliatory war in Gaza with over 57,000 Palestinian deaths.
- Netanyahu praised Trump for unprecedented U.S.-Israel military coordination in history, emphasizing ongoing efforts to release hostages and eliminate Hamas's military and government abilities.
- Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff reported that issues blocking a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas fell from four to one, with hopes for a 60-day ceasefire and release of ten live and nine deceased hostages.
- These developments indicate that a temporary ceasefire might soon be reached, although a large portion of Gaza's population remains displaced, with nearly 500,000 people expected to face severe food shortages in the near future, according to estimates from the United Nations.
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US, Israel, and Qatar make Gaza ceasefire progress in secret meeting, reports claim
An undisclosed White House meeting between Qatari, US and Israeli negotiators to resolve the final area of disagreement after three of four contentious issues were reportedly settled in recent days.
Netanyahu, back in the White House, calls Trump’s ceasefire plan ‘a good proposal’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to the White House less than 24 hours after attending a dinner hosted by President Donald Trump on Monday. On Tuesday, the two leaders met again for a conversation that, unlike the previous day’s, did not, according to U.S. administration sources, cover several topics, but rather focused on a single one: the ceasefire agreement in Gaza that Trump put on the table last week and which he is urging…
Netanyahu and Trump met a second time before Israel's prime minister left Washington, without an agreed ceasefire plan and with different commitments.
US President Donald Trump met for the second time with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday in a 90-minute meeting at the White House. The two discussed efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of prisoners, but details were not disclosed.
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