Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a statement to the press at Capitol Hill in Washington, after his meeting with US House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying that "we must complete the job in Gaza - free our hostages and destroy Hamas' capabilities because Gaza must have a different future. No country would accept less." He added that Israel agreed to the proposal that came from the mediators, and that it is "a good proposal." According to him, "it aligns with the original Whitcoff proposal. The less I speak about it in public - the better."

