President Donald Trump considers Middle East trip as Gaza peace negotiations progress, with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner already in Egypt.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he may travel to the Middle East this weekend as his negotiators seek to seal a Gaza hostages-for-ceasefire deal.Trump said at the White House that a deal is "very close," and that he may depart Saturday for the region.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he may go to the Middle East at the end of this week as a peace deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is "very close.""I may go there sometime toward the end of the week, maybe on Sunday, actually. And we'll see, but there is a very good chance.
President Trump said he may travel to the Middle East as he aims to close the deal on a peace agreement to stop Israel's war in Gaza, and as Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have already made the trip.
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