Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on Feb. 4, which would make him the first foreign leader to do so in Trump’s second term.

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.

There is almost nothing left of Gaza,' Steve Witkoff says, highlighting vast destruction caused by Israel's relentless bombardment - Anadolu Ajansı

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel delayed a Cabinet vote Thursday on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release ... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed a last-minute dispute with Hamas for holding ...

Netanyahu's "fear of Trump is greater than his fear of his extreme right-wing coalition partners," Israeli expert told Newsweek.

Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza on Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S. official in more than a decade.

The Israeli prime minister's visit will be the first by a foreign leader during President Donald Trump’s second term.

Israel delays ceasefire vote amid airstrikes, Hamas dispute; Netanyahu faces coalition crisis over Gaza conflict.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said on Thursday he believes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "committed to the process" of implementing the hostage deal.

Hamas confirmed for the first time on Thursday that Israeli killed the head of its military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike last year. Deif was one of the alleged