White House: Trump meets Netanyahu as Israel, Hamas discuss ceasefire

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U.S. President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, expressing optimism about ongoing U.S.-brokered indirect talks between Israel and Hamas for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal.

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00:00US President Donald Trump has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House

00:05as indirect talks between Israel and Hamas continue over a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal.

00:12Trump has high hopes the ceasefire deal to go through, adding that negotiations were going along very well.

00:20Beyond the truth, Trump also raised his earlier controversial plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza

00:26and redeveloped the enclave into a luxury waterfront, a proposal Netanyahu supports.

00:33Netanyahu said Israel is working closely with the US to find countries willing to accept displaced Palestinians

00:39and talks with several nations are getting close.

00:43He also told Trump he had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize,

00:47using the visit to reaffirm their close ties as the US pushes for a ceasefire.

00:56in January and came just two weeks after he ordered strikes on Iranian nuclear sites

01:02in support of Israeli air raids.

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