Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed President Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to “take over” Gaza, as his defense minister instructed the Israeli military to draw up a plan to would enable the “voluntary departure” of Palestinian residents in Gaza.

Israel's former prime minister Ehud Barak has dismissed US President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle approximately 2 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip as a "fantasy." Following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday,

President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end.

President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, marking the first foreign leader visit of Trump’s second term.

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to begin talks on Monday (Feb 3) on a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas as he visits the new Trump administration in Washington. Before departing,

Deputy Mayor of Beitar Illit and representative of the Chabad community in the city, Rabbi Meir Bar-Lev, met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and presented him with a special gift.

During his press conference, Trump suggested that Saudi Arabia was not demanding a Palestinian homeland. But statements from Saudi officials since then contradict this narrative and point to increasingly divergent views on Gaza – and indeed, the future of Palestine – between Riyadh and Washington.

Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in line with President Donald Trump’s plan for the territory