US President Donald Trump addressed his upcoming meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week and said that he would discuss the recently concluded war with Iran and the ongoing war in Gaza with Netanyahu.
Trump stated that he expects a ceasefire in Gaza sometime next week and that he still hopes to see the hostages returned.
He said, "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."
"We're also going to talk about Gaza," he added. "We want to get the rest - we got a lot of hostages back, but we're going to talk about Gaza."
Netanyahu opened Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting by announcing his upcoming trip to the United States, where he is scheduled to hold high-level discussions following Israel’s recent success in Operation Rising Lion.
“I am due to leave next week for meetings in the US with US President Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said, adding that he would also meet with Vice President Vance, Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and the President’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. Discussions will also be held with the US Commerce Secretary, Congressional and Senate leaders, and various American security officials.
Trump had previously stated that he hoped to have a ceasefire in Gaza by this week. Speaking with reporters on Friday, he stated, “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."