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Donald Trump has said he is not sure whether the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will hold. Trump is expected to issue an executive order withdrawing the US from the UN human rights council and prohibiting future funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), according to a report. US funding to Unrwa was suspended in 2024 under Joe Biden’s administration.
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to begin talks today on brokering a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas, his office said, as he visits the new Trump administration in Washington. Ahead of his departure, Netanyahu told reporters he would discuss “victory over Hamas”, without defining what this would mean in practical terms, contending with Iran and freeing all hostages when he meets with the US President on Tuesday.
- Hamas is ready to begin talks on the details of a second phase of the ongoing truce in Gaza, two officials from the Palestinian militant group told Agence France-Presse on Monday. “Hamas has informed the mediators, during ongoing communications and meetings held with Egyptian mediators last week in Cairo, that we are ready to start the negotiations for the second phase,” one official said on condition of anonymity. “We are waiting for the mediators to initiate the next round of negotiation,” said another.
Trump says ‘no guarantees’ Gaza ceasefire will hold a day before Netanyahu visits White House – as it happened
