Trump and Netanyahu to Meet on Monday

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. This will be Netanyahu's third visit to the White House since Trump returned to power nearly six months ago. He said on Sunday that he believed his discussions with Trump would help advance talks on a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal. I believe the discussion with President Trump can certainly help advance these results, he said as he and his wife Sarah were departing Israel for Washington. Palestinian group Hamas said on Friday it had responded to a U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal in a positive spirit a few days after Trump said Israel had agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize a 60-day truce. But in a sign of the potential challenges still facing the two sides, a Palestinian official from a militant group allied with Hamas said concerns remained over humanitarian aid. Passage through the Rafah crossing in southern Israel to Egypt and clarity over a timetable for Israeli troop withdrawals.