Steve Witkoff

Netanyahu: 'We are considering alternative options to bring the hostages home'

Trump argued that "Hamas didn’t want to make a deal" in a statement to the press at the White House.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, June 20, 2025.
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro as interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 28, 2025.

Hamas 'surprised' by Witkoff remarks, says it is keen to continue ceasefire talks

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff with hostage posters seen behind him (Illustrative).

US envoy Witkoff to meet Israeli, Qatari officials in Rome for hostage deal talks

Illustrative image of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Hamas claims group submitted ceasefire response, anti-Druze, antisemitic hate speech online rises


Israel to take 'kinetic action' on Hamas if Gaza hostages not freed, Boehler tells CNN

Israel has "a new sense of ability to get something done," following the successful airstrike campaign against Iran, Boehler told CNN's Jake Tapper.

 Adam Boehler speaks at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference, May 20, 2025

IDF confirms false identification following sirens, two IDF soldiers severely wounded in Gaza

Hezbollah chief says group won't relinquish arms to Israel • IDF strikes 90 targets in Gaza Strip• Israeli-Druze group crosses border into Syria

 IDF soldiers operate in Gaza's Beit Hanun, July 2025; illustrative.

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Netanyahu confirms Israeli strike on Gaza church, US 'did not support' Israel's actions in Syria

Police collect testimony from Rotter victim in US with FBI • US strikes reportedly only destroyed one of three Iranian nuclear sites • French court rules for release of Lebanese terrorist

THE SANCTIONS imposed on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are galling, and the accusation of ‘settler violence’ is false, the writer argues.

US Middle East envoy Witkoff says Gaza talks going well

"We have some good news on Gaza and some other things that we are working on," Trump announced at a Bill Signing Ceremony in Washington, while thanking Witkoff.

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks during a dinner with US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, July 7, 2025

Israel at War day 643: What's going on in Israel, Gaza, West Bank?

Netanyahu: Israel to enter talks for permanent ceasefire in Gaza after 60 days • Defense minister: Israel will strike Iran again if provoked • One murdered in West Bank terror attack

Here, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by Trump, speaks during a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday in Washington.

Netanyahu and Trump's meeting: a potential game changer for the Middle East - opinion

Netanyahu, Trump, and the Administration leadership to discuss the recent Israel-Iran war, ending the war in Gaza, and the return of the 50 remaining hostages.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a signed hat reading 'Trump was right about everything' from US President Donald Trump

Witkoff: Points of contention between Israel, Hamas ceasefire drop from four to one

The main difficulty in the hostage deal talks in Qatar is the issue of maps, meaning the deployment of IDF troops during the ceasefire.

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks during a dinner with US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, July 7, 2025

Netanyahu holds second White House meeting with Trump, focus on efforts to reach Gaza deal

Meanwhile, US envoy Steve Witkoff said that the points of contention between Israel and Hamas to reach a deal have been reduced from four to one.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House, in Washington DC, US, July 8, 2025

Iran denies requesting meeting with US, state media reports

US President Donald Trump's Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said he would meet with Iranian diplomats "next week or so."

 Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaee speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, October 21, 2024.

Netanyahu, Trump meeting ends, Qatari delegation visits White House to discuss hostage deal

New report details extent of Hamas's sexual violence on Oct. 7 • IDF kills Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorist • IDF explains how five IDF soldiers were killed

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hands over a letter to US President Donald Trump as they meets at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 7, 2025