By Niall Stanage
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined a peace proposal for Gaza on Monday in a joint news conference at the White House.
The move came as the two-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023 nears. About 1,200 Israelis were killed in those attacks, roughly two-thirds of whom were civilians.
Since then, Israel’s assault on Gaza has killed more than 66,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, about half of whom were women and children.
Israel’s actions have drawn widespread international condemnation but Netanyahu and his government have been buttressed by the support of their most important ally, the United States.
Here are the five big takeaways from Monday’s events at the White House.
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