Netanyahu says the second round of ceasefire talks in Gaza will begin on Monday.

Netanyahu says the second round of ceasefire talks in Gaza will begin on Monday.

Netanyahu says the second office said late Saturday that. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Steve Witkoff, the Middle East envoy for U.S.

President Donald Trump. In Washington on Monday to start talks for a second phase of a truce in Gaza, according to Reuters.

Netanyahu is expected to depart Israel on Sunday and travel to Washington. Where he will meet Trump on Tuesday at the White House. The two will talk about Israel’s hostages in Gaza.

According to the prime minister’s office, Netanyahu will speak with Witkoff about Israel’s stance on the ceasefire.

Then, with Washington’s support, Witkoff will meet with representatives of Egypt and Qatar. Who have been mediating between Israel and Hamas for the previous 15 months.

The fighting in Gaza has stopped since Israel and Hamas. Signed a complicated ceasefire agreement last month that will be implemented in three phases.

To date, Hamas has exchanged hundreds of Palestinians detained in. Israeli jails and detention facilities for the release of 18 hostages. Over 70 captives are still being held in Gaza.

Since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against him in November 2024. Netanyahu will be traveling abroad for the first time.

Charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza were the basis for the arrest warrant.

At least 47,400 Palestinians, primarily women and children, perished during the 15-month massacre in Gaza. Indeed, according to The Lancet, a prestigious medical publication, over 70,000 people had died in Gaza as of June 2024.