Netanyahu heads to Florida to meet Trump and US officials

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv on Sunday morning, heading to the state of Florida, where he is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump and other officials.

Netanyahu and his wife Sara, along with the accompanying delegation, departed on a "political visit to the state of Florida".

Netanyahu's office published the visit schedule, which begins on Monday with a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, followed by a meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago at 22:30 Israel time (20:30 ET).

The office did not disclose the agenda for the second day of the visit on Tuesday, while a Hebrew newspaper mentioned that this day may witness a meeting with US Vice President JD Vance.

It is scheduled for Netanyahu to meet on Wednesday with American officials from the evangelical stream, before later attending with his wife an event at the "Shul" synagogue in Miami, which will be attended by members of Congress and leaders of the Jewish community, according to his office's statement.

On Thursday, Netanyahu is scheduled to depart back to Tel Aviv, which he will reach on Friday afternoon.

Gaza will top Netanyahu and Trump's meeting, including the transition to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

Israel and "Hamas" reached a two-phase agreement on October 9 last year to cease fire in Gaza, mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, based on a 20-point plan proposed by Trump to end the war.

The next day, the first phase entered into force, but Israel violated it hundreds of times and did not fully comply with its terms, especially those related to the humanitarian aspect and the entry of aid, despite Hamas's full commitment, which led to the killing of more than 400 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Israel conditions the start of negotiations to launch the second phase of the agreement on receiving the body of the last prisoner in Gaza, Ran Gefili, while Hamas confirms that it may take time to extract it due to the massive destruction in Gaza.

The second phase includes several essential files, the most prominent of which are "forming a temporary technocrat committee to manage the sector, the reconstruction file, forming a peace council, creating an international force, additional withdrawal of the Israeli army from the sector, in addition to disarming Hamas".

The agreement ended a genocide war started by Israel on October 8 last year, which lasted for two years, and left more than 71,000 Palestinian dead and over 171,000 injured, and massive destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure with a reconstruction cost estimated by the United Nations at about 70 billion dollars.

In addition to the Gaza file, Netanyahu is scheduled to discuss with Trump issues related to Syria, Lebanon, and Iran, amid rising talk in the Hebrew media about Israeli preparations to attack it again on the pretext of Tehran developing its ballistic missile program.

In June last year, Israel, with American support, waged a 12-day war on Iran, and Tehran responded to it, before the United States announced a ceasefire.