Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump talked about Israeli plans to take “control of the remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza in order to bring about the end of the war, the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas,” per an Israeli readout of the Sunday call.

Netanyahu also thanked the U.S. president for the latter’s “steadfast support of Israel since the start of the war,” the Israeli prime minister’s office said.

At press time, the White House had yet to readout the meeting.

Earlier in the day, Netanyahu told foreign reporters at a press conference that ” the truth is, Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists in Gaza.”

“It vows to repeat the Oct. 7 massacre and to do so again and again. It openly professes its goal to destroy the State o

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