U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a plan to end the war in Gaza and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he backed the proposal.

President Donald Trump unveiled a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan Monday and won cautious backing from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warned he was still ready to "finish the job" against Hamas.

Families of Israeli hostages urged Donald Trump to uphold his proposed deal to end the Gaza war, ahead of the U.S. president's meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel's far-right finance minister on Monday insisted the military maintain "full operational freedom" in Gaza, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Turkey helped evacuate activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla after one of the vessels broke down and began taking on water, organizers and Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu reported Monday.

A leading Israeli settler said he failed to get assurances from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on annexation of the occupied West Bank ahead of a meeting between the premier and U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.

Iran said Monday it hanged a man accused of spying for Israel, the latest as Tehran carries out its largest wave of executions in decades.

Iran identified the executed man as Bahman Choobiasl, whose case wasn't immediately known in Iranian media reports or to activists monitoring the death penalty in the Islamic Republic. However, the execution came after Iran vowed to confront its enemies after the United Nations reimposed sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program this weekend.

U.S. President Donald Trump will push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to an elusive Gaza peace plan on Monday in high-stakes talks at the White House.

Israel welcomed Sunday the reinstatement of broad U.N. sanctions against Iran, saying they were a direct response to what it called violations committed by the Islamic republic in its nuclear program.

U.S. President Donald Trump said overnight that there are “very inspired and productive discussions with the Middle Eastern Community concerning Gaza.”