President Donald Trump was in Israel on Monday to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas before continuing on to Egypt for a key summit that he hopes will solidify an end to the war and pave the way for a more durable peace in the Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will join Trump in Egypt, along with more than two dozen other leaders, according to the White House. The plans were finalized during a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi while Trump was at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament — Trump’s first stop on a whirlwind trip to the region.
Trump may also stop at the Sheba Medical Center to meet some of the newly released Israeli hostages. Twenty were released as part of an agreement intended to end the conflict that began on Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led militants.
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