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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/03/netanyahu-trump-white-house-gaza/
Netanyahu Is the First Foreign Leader Invited to the White House under Trump
(Washington Post) Shira Rubin - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington this week as the first foreign leader granted an audience with President Donald Trump. Before departing for Washington on Sunday, Netanyahu said that Israeli military operations in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen have already "redrawn the map. But I believe that working closely with President Trump, we can redraw it even further and for the better." Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Trump on Tuesday, after holding talks on Monday with the president's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff. Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported Sunday that in the second phase of the ceasefire-hostage deal, Israel is demanding the exile of Hamas leaders, the demilitarization of Gaza, and the release of all hostages, dead or alive. Over the past two weeks, Hamas has released 18 hostages who were abducted on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel has freed more than 580 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, and withdrew its troops from key military positions in Gaza.