On July 24, 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a meeting with US presidential candidate Donald Trump. This is reported by the Times of Israel. Information about the meeting was also made public by Trump himself through his social network Truth Social.
According to the report, the meeting will take place at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump noted in his posts that peace and stability in the region had been achieved during his first term as US president, and he hopes to restore those gains. The former president did not reveal the exact time of the meeting, but it is likely that it will take place after Netanyahu's address to the US Congress, scheduled for 14:00 local time.
This meeting is taking place against the background of waiting for another important meeting: US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The main topic of the talks between Biden and Netanyahu will be the release of the hostages and the cease-fire agreement currently under consideration between Israel and Hamas.
It will be recalled that on July 13, 2024, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed the killing of the commander of the Khan-Younis Hamas Brigade, Rafaa Salame, as a result of an attack in the southern Gaza Strip. IDF officials consider this killing a significant blow to the military potential of Hamas.
In response to these events, on July 14, the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, announced the decision to end negotiations with Israel. He argued for this decision by mass killings of civilians by Israel, as well as "Israel's frivolous attitude towards negotiations and its policy of delay and obstruction".
