The president will welcome the Israeli prime minister to the White House for his first in-person meeting with another world leader since returning to power.

As the Gaza ceasefire deal hangs in the balance, the consequential meeting between the two leaders may determine the region's future. | ITV National News

The two leaders are expected to focus on the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, rebuilding and relocating Palestinians in Gaza and normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

A deadline to begin talks on extending Gaza’s ceasefire arrived Monday with the Israeli prime minister in Washington, silence from his office about when a negotiating team might engage with Hamas, and considerable uncertainty about what the next stage of the fragile truce will look like.

This first visit of a foreign leader during Trump’s second term comes amid lagging support for Netanyahu in Israel. The Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end.