Netanyahu meets Trump at White House as Israel, Hamas discuss ceasefire

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US President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House amid efforts to end violence among Israel, Hamas, and Iran.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/us-canada/netanyahu-trump-meeting-white-house-israel-hamas-ceasefire-talks/

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House

00:06amid efforts to end violence among Israel, Hamas, and Iran.

00:10The White House meeting came as Israeli officials held indirect negotiations with Hamas

00:14for a U.S.-brokered ceasefire and the release of hostages.

00:18Netanyahu said he and Trump are looking into relocating Palestinians out of Gaza

00:22to neighboring nations to give them a, quote, better future.

00:26Trump, who proposed relocating Palestinians and taking over the Gaza Strip earlier this year,

00:31said countries around Israel are cooperating with him.

00:35Gazans criticized the proposal and vowed to never leave their homes in the coastal enclave.

00:40This is the third meeting between the two leaders since Trump took office in January

00:43and two weeks since Trump ordered the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites.

00:48Meantime, the Trump administration will be meeting with Iran in the next week or so.

00:52Trump says he would like to lift sanctions on Iran at some point.

00:56Iranian President Mashoud Prashish Khan said on Monday

00:59that he believed Iran could resolve its differences with the United States through dialogue.

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