Overview
- The Israeli leader arrived for his fifth meeting with President Trump since the inauguration, traveling to Florida without journalists after offering no prior statements.
- Discussions will focus on timing, troop commitments and whether an international force will be deployed in Gaza as a fragile truce holds.
- Trump has pressed for tangible progress, while Netanyahu faces domestic pressure to project strength and deliver results from the talks.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz rejects any pullout, while security adviser Jacob Nagel ties a transition to the full return of hostages and Hamas’s disarmament, saying tunnels constitute weapons.
- Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich urges formal annexation of the West Bank with U.S. support, and Netanyahu is expected to raise possible plans concerning Iran that would require Washington’s backing.