US President Donald Trump has said that he plans to speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that Netanyahu will be travelling to Washington to meet with him, Reuters reports.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump did not give a date for the face-to-face meeting but said it would take place “very soon”.

Trump also said he wants Egypt to take in Palestinians from Gaza, where much of the population has been displaced by Israel’s military campaign.

“I wish he would take some. We help them a lot, and I’m sure he can help us,” Trump said of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, whom he called a “friend”.

“I’d like to get them living in an area where they can live without disruption and revolution and violence,” Trump said of Palestinians in Gaza.

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