Overview

• President Trump hosted Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House on July 7 to back a U.S. proposal linking a two-month Gaza truce with staged releases of Israeli hostages and expanded aid deliveries.
• Netanyahu nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize as both leaders hailed June’s joint airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities as a decisive success.
• U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is set to depart for Doha later this week to rejoin indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas on ceasefire terms and hostage releases.
• President Trump confirmed that fresh nuclear talks with Iran are scheduled for next week following last month’s coordinated strikes on key enrichment sites.
• The ceasefire blueprint calls for five phases of prisoner swaps—freeing 10 living captives and returning 18 bodies—alongside partial Israeli withdrawals and new humanitarian corridors.