President Donald Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday to try and turn rising hopes into a deal to end to Israel's offensive in Gaza and free hostages still held in the devastated Palestinian enclave.

Trump sounded optimistic in an exclusive interview with NBC News on Sunday ahead of the crucial talks.

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"We’re doing very well. It looks like there is a really good chance for peace in the Middle East," Trump said. "Everybody is on board. Everybody.”

Netanyahu's tete-a-tete with Trump comes as Israel faces mounting global isolation and outrage, with a host of Western powers embracing Palestinian statehood in defiance of the U.S. and its close ally, while Israe

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