Former President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in July 2024. (Alex Brandon/The Associated Press)
Trump and Netanyahu are also expected to discuss the second phase of talks on the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
"There will be unity in how they intend to pursue that," one official said.
Beyond the ceasefire agreement, the president is expected to raise the issue of rebuilding Gaza.
A senior administration official said Trump sees Gaza as a "demolition site," and thinks it is "inhumane to force people to live" there in its current state.
Officials said Trump expects it to take between 10 and 15 years to rebuild Gaza, but said the rebuild is not something the U.S. is going to solve unilaterally.
Meanwhile, senior administration officials said the president hopes for an expansion of the Abraham Accords, which were brokered during the first Trump administration.
The Abraham Accords was a historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that normalized relations and created bilateral agreements regarding "investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications, technology, energy, health care, culture, the environment, the establishment of reciprocal embassies, and other areas of mutual benefit."
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to discuss maintaining ceasefire deals and a joint commitment to freeing hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, senior administration officials said. (Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Netanyahu, upon traveling to the U.S., said of Trump: "The fact that this will be his first meeting with a leader of a foreign country since his inauguration holds great significance for the State of Israel."
"First of all, it indicates the strength of the alliance between Israel and the United States. Secondly, it also reflects the strength of our connection; a connection that has already yielded great things for the State of Israel and the region, and has also brought about the historic peace agreements between Israel and four Arab countries – the 'Abraham Accords' that President Trump led," the prime minister said.
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This comes nearly 16 months after the war in Gaza began, prompted by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel, leading to military retaliation from Israeli forces.
"The decisions we made during the war, combined with the bravery of our IDF soldiers, have already changed the face of the Middle East," Netanyahu said.
"They have changed it beyond recognition. I believe that with hard work alongside President Trump, we can change it even more for the better," he said.
Fox News' Landon Mion, Yael Rotem-Kuriel and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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