At least 74 killed in Gaza after Israeli forces strike, Netanyahu to visit White House

After mediating the Israel-Iran ceasefire, U.S. President Donald Trump is now looking to put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the Gaza war by inviting him to the White House next week.

Byeon Ye-young has the details.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next Monday, as Washington ramps up efforts to end the war in Gaza.

Unnamed U.S. officials confirmed the visit, which comes amid a renewed push to broker a ceasefire.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, during a briefing on Monday, reaffirmed the administration's commitment to ending the conflict.

"I also know that this administration is in constant communication with Israeli leadership, and the president himself speaks frequently, as you know, to Prime Minister Netanyahu. But this has been a priority for the president since he took office, to end this brutal war in Gaza."

Netanyahu's upcoming visit comes as the U.S., after striking Iranian nuclear sites and brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, shifts focus to ending the Israel-Hamas conflict.

On the same day, according to AP News, Israeli forces left at least 74 people dead in Gaza.

The deadliest attack targeted a beachfront café crowded with women and children.

It was one of the few remaining places during the war where civilians could charge their phones and access the Internet.

"An F-16 missile, a war missile, military aircraft, not a drone or a bomb or a shell from a boat. The F-16 shook the place, it struck this place as you can see, pools of blood, piles of martyrs. I mean, if you had seen the scene from the beginning, there were piles of martyrs."

Fares Awad, a Gaza health ministry official, said at least 30 were killed and dozens injured in the café strike.

Local medical officials reported 15 more deaths on a Gaza City street, six in a separate building strike, 11 civilians shot while searching for food, and 10 killed at a UN aid warehouse.

While Israel maintains it only targets militants, Gaza's Health Ministry reports that more than 56-thousand Palestinians, many of them civilians, have been killed since the war began.

Byeon Ye-young, Arirang News.