Trump has been pushing Netanyahu with increasing urgency for a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which he hoped to clinch “this week”. When asked about a possible deal, the US president said the negotiations were going well. “I don’t think there’s a hold-up,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday backed a proposal by President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and turn the war-ravaged coastal enclave into a luxury waterfront development—a plan that has drawn international condemnation and could further complicate fragile cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas.

Leaning on the recent truce between Israel and Iran, US President Donald Trump on Monday pushed Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza, claiming at a dinner with the Israeli prime minister at the White House that Hamas "wants" the latest 60-day ceasefire proposal.