Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu invited to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House

Trump has expressed enactment for Israel (Image: Getty)

Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited to conscionable US President Donald Trump astatine the White House adjacent week, the Israeli premier minister's bureau has revealed.

In what is seen arsenic a amusement of continued enactment for the authorities successful Jerusalem, Mr Netanyahu's bureau said the sojourn would instrumentality spot connected 4 February.

It besides pointed retired that helium was the archetypal overseas person to beryllium invited to the White House during Mr Trump's 2nd term.

A White House authoritative confirmed determination would beryllium a gathering aboriginal adjacent week, but said the day and clip had yet to beryllium finalised.

Speaking this week, Mr Trump said Mr Netanyahu would beryllium travelling to Washington to conscionable him "very soon", without giving a circumstantial date.

But the present confirmed gathering comes arsenic an archetypal six-week ceasefire is being observed successful Gaza aft a woody was struck betwixt Israel and Hamas to halt the war.

Mr Trump had claimed recognition for getting the ceasefire and hostage merchandise woody implicit the enactment erstwhile it was archetypal announced, saying connected Truth Social the "epic" statement was imaginable lone due to the fact that helium won November's statesmanlike election.

The White House gathering would besides travel aft Mr Trump controversially suggested past week that helium wanted Egypt and Jordan to instrumentality successful Palestinians from Gaza, aft describing the portion arsenic a "demolition site".

Mr Netanyahu is facing corruption allegations astatine location (Image: Getty)

Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority condemned the proposal. Jordan and Egypt person besides rejected the idea.

However, the thought of encouraging Gazans to relocate to neighbouring countries has agelong been pushed by hardline right-wing members of Mr Netanyahu's government.

The January ceasefire woody has paused the warfare which began erstwhile Hamas attacked Israel connected 7 October 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical and taking 251 backmost to Gaza arsenic hostages.

More than 47,350 Palestinians, the bulk of them civilians, person been killed successful Israel's consequent offensive, Gaza's Hamas-run wellness ministry says.