Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was meeting in Jerusalem with US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Netanyahu said in a statement on Wednesday, amid the Gaza ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington as early as next week.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him at the White House on Feb. 4, making him the first foreign leader to receive an invitation to visit Trump in his second term. Netanyahu's office announced the details of the visit on Tuesday. The White House later confirmed it would take place.

Witnessed and recorded by an NBC News crew in Gaza, the fighters' presence at a crossing deemed vital for keeping Hamas from going into the north of Gaza raises big questions about one of Israel’s stated objectives in launching the war: eliminate the militant group behind the worst terrorist attack in Israeli history.

The visit by the envoy, Steven Witkoff, was set to take place as Israeli and Hamas officials prepared for a new round of negotiations aimed at cementing the current cease-fire in Gaza and allowing more exchanges of hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

President Trump has also invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House next week, marking the first foreign leader visit of his second term. This meeting comes as the US continues its diplomatic efforts to maintain a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas following a prolonged 15-month conflict in Gaza.

Benjamin Netanyahu is to become the first foreign leader to be invited to the White House to meet Donald Trump in his second term in office.

The visit will make the Israeli prime minister the first foreign leader to be invited to Trump's residence since he took office last week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu missed the ceremony celebrating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz as he deals with legal woes at home and the threat of arrest abroad.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump are expected to meet next week in Washington, making him the first foreign leader to visit to the White House since Trump returned to

As Donald Trump reshapes America's relationship with Israel — from appointing right wing candidates as ambassadors to Israel and the UN and overturning sanctions on violent Jewish settlers — can the two-state solution survive?