Witkoff to send new Gaza ceasefire proposal to Israel • Israel prepares to call up 450,000 soldiers amid mounting toll on reservists

US Reps. Andrew Clyde & Marlin Stutzman speak to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News during their Israel visit, part of a Congressional delegation. Both condemn Hamas and emphasize Israel's need for strength as well as Gaza's return to Israeli sovereignty.

Huckabee criticized France’s push for a Palestinian state, affirmed U.S.-Israel ties, expressed hope for U.S.-Iran talks, but warned Tehran remains one of the greatest threats to world peace.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Friday, President Donald Trump said that Israel and Hamas are "very close" to reaching a temporary ceasefire, and that a nuclear deal with Iran could happen "in the not too distant future.

Amid rising conflict and the drumbeats of war on multiple fronts, U.S. envoy Thomas Barak and his deputy, Morgan Ortagus, are expected to arrive in Israel early next week, with northern border issues at the center of their visit.

The Trump administration favours a diplomatic solution with Iran over its nuclear programme, while Israel wants military action.

Saudi Arabia's defence minister delivered a blunt message to Iranian officials in Tehran last month: take President Donald Trump's offer to negotiate a nuclear agreement seriously because it presents a way to avoid the risk of war with Israel.

The 13-point US plan outlines a 60-day truce, mutual hostage and prisoner releases, and structured talks on Gaza’s future, along with the Hamas' release of 10 living Israeli captives and the remains of 18 others in two stages, according to Israeli and American media and Palestinian sources.

With Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraqi and Syrian militias all having been degraded to varying extents over the past 18 months, Tehran finds itself in a much weaker position than it had prior to the Oct. 7 attack.