US President Donald Trump and Isralei Prime Ministed Benjamin Netanyahu meets on Monday April 7 in White House. Trump urges Netanyahu to end the Gaza war. Asked if he would deliver on his election campaign promise to end the war in Gaza, Mr. Trump said: “I’d like to see the war stop, and I think the war will stop at some point, that won’t be in the too-distant future.”
Israel launched war against Gaza after Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel on October 7 2023 killing some 1200 people and taking 521 hostages according to Israeli media. Since them Israel has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians according to local health authorities.
Mr. Trump said work was ongoing to free hostages held by Hamas, but said securing the release of all the hostages was “a long process.”
Following the January ceasefire that saw some hostages released, Mr. Netanyahu said, Israel was working on “another deal we hope will succeed.”
“We’re committed to getting all the hostages out, but also eliminating the evil tyranny of Hamas in Gaza and enabling the people of Gaza to freely make a choice to go wherever they want,” he said.
Mr. Trump on Monday said having “a peace force like the United States there controlling and owning the Gaza Strip would be a good thing” and once again suggested that Palestinians from Gaza could be moved to different countries.