Article 6YFBD Middle East crisis: Trump calls for Gaza hostages release ahead of Netanyahu meeting at the White House – as it happened

Middle East crisis: Trump calls for Gaza hostages release ahead of Netanyahu meeting at the White House – as it happened

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Charlie Moloney
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US president will host Israeli prime minister following joint strikes against Iran

A US envoy met Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday to discuss a proposed plan to disarm Hezbollah, hours after Israel launched new air strikes and a cross-border ground assault.

The Israeli escalation was seen by Lebanese officials and diplomats as an attempt to ratchet up pressure on Hezbollah, whose leader Naim Qassem said in a televised speech on Sunday that the group still needed arms to defend Lebanon from Israel.

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