Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed reporters at a joint news conference Monday, Sept. 29 in Washington, D.C. after agreeing to accept the terms of a peace plan between Israel and Gaza proposed by the Trump Administration, which includes a path to Palestinian statehood.

The president appeared optimistic about bringing the war to an end, even as he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to “finish the job” should the deal fall apart.

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More than 500 Israeli soldiers have survived serious injuries fighting in Gaza, according to the military, thanks largely to lessons learned and advances in medicine.

Days after his defiant speech at the United Nations rejecting demands to end the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to confer with his most important supporter.

The proposal, released by the White House as Trump held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, calls for an immediate end to the nearly two-year conflict and for all the remaining hostages held in Gaza to be released within 72 hours of Israel “publicly” accepting the deal.

It has taken a month for the flotilla to traverse around 1,700 nautical miles of open water. The Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla reached a point in the Eastern Mediterranean that is 300 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza and Israel on Monday afternoon.

Shock development at party conference piles further pressure on beleaguered PM Keir Starmer to cut ties with Israel