Overview
- Trump hosted Netanyahu in the White House Blue Room, their third meeting since January, while indirect Gaza ceasefire talks proceeded in Qatar
- Netanyahu presented Trump with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination letter to honor his role in recent de-escalation efforts
- Both leaders endorsed a U.S.-backed proposal for a 60-day Gaza ceasefire that links phased hostage releases to staged Israeli troop withdrawals
- Trump highlighted last month’s U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities that ended a 12-day Israel-Iran standoff and said he anticipates resuming negotiations with Tehran within days
- United Nations estimates place Palestinian deaths in Gaza at more than 57,000, with most residents displaced and nearly half a million facing imminent famine