Trump and Netanyahu are scheduled to meet again on Tuesday in Gaza star-news.press/wp

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet again on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Gaza, where Trump’s envoy in the Middle East said that Israel and that Hamas closed their differences in the ceasefire deal.

Trump and Netanyahu took together on Monday at the White House during the visit of the third Israeli leader to the United States since the president started his second term. Netanyahu met with Vice President JD Vance and then visited the American Capitol on Tuesday.

Netanyahu told reporters after a meeting with Republican Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson that although he did not believe that the Israeli campaign in the Palestinian enclave has ended, the negotiators “are certainly working” to a ceasefire.

Netanyahu said: “We still have to finish the mission in Gaza, and we release all of our hostages, and we will throw and destroy Hamas’s military and governmental capabilities.”

Shortly after Netanyahu spoke, Trump’s private envoy to the Middle East, Steve Whizov, said that the issues that prevent Israel and Hamas from the agreement have decreased to one of four, and he hoped to reach a temporary ceasefire agreement this week.

“We hope that we will have an agreement that will come to a 60 -day ceasefire, and by the end of this week, we will have an agreement that will lead to a 60 -day ceasefire,” Wittakov told reporters at Trump’s cabinet meeting.

Netanyahu’s plan to return to the White House prompted Trump at 4:30 pm Eastern time on Tuesday his meeting with US Senate leaders to Wednesday.

The war broke out when Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures. About 50 hostages remain in Gaza, with 20 believed to be alive.

Israel’s retaliatory assault on Gaza has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, according to the Ministry of Health in the pocket. Most Gaza population was displaced due to the war and about half a million people facing famine within months, according to United Nations estimates.