President Trump spoke on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal and the nuclear talks with Iran, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.

Why it matters: The phone call took place amid a stalemate in the Gaza negotiations after another failed attempt last week by the U.S. and Egypt to put forward a bridging proposal both sides could accept.

President Trump announced Monday that his administration would convene direct talks with Iran later this week — saying that he hopes for “a deal” to avoid “the obvious” military alternative.

“We’re having direct talks with Iran,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office while hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to eliminate Israel's trade deficit with the United States after the Trump administration-imposed 17 percent tariffs on Israeli goods last week.

President Trump said Monday that the U.S. had been holding "direct talks" with Iran and that a "very big meeting" involving "very high-level" officials will be taking place this Saturday.

Hungary has said it will begin the process of withdrawing from the international criminal court, hours after the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu – the subject of an ICC arrest warrant – arrived in the country for an official visit.

“Hungary will withdraw from the ICC,” Gergely Gulyás, prime minister Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff, said. “The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework.”

Hungary has decided that the country will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the government said on Thursday, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the country for a state visit.

"The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday, in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework," said Gergely Gulyás, chief of staff for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Hungary is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the head of the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday. The announcement coincided with the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Budapest, where he is set to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister and ICC fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest.

Netanyahu’s visit to Hungary marked the first time the Israeli leader stepped foot on European soil since the ICC issued an arrest warrant against him in May 2024.