Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to travel to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump as early as next week, two US officials said, with Trump‘s special Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, scheduled to meet with Netanyahu in Israel this week.
In Gaza, over 200,000 Palestinians began to return to the north of the enclave on Monday under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, 15 months after being forced to flee southward in the early days of the war.
Israel’s defence and finance ministries clash over military spending amid ongoing conflicts
Israel’s Ministries of Finance and Defence are at odds over escalating military costs amid ongoing conflicts, with the military warning that unresolved disputes could threaten
Trump signals tougher approach to Iran as US-Iran hostilities escalate
US President Donald Trump hinted at a harsher response amid escalating US-Iran hostilities, stating, “We’re going to hit them hard.” This followed Iranian missile strikes