U.S. President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu meet in Washington D.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down for closed-door talks at the White House on Monday.

Addressing members of the media White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed that the ceasefire proposal supported by Israel had been delivered to Hamas and that the release of all hostages is Mr. Trump's top priority.

Separately during dinner later in the day the Israeli leader gave his American counterpart a copy of a letter that he had sent to the Nobel Prize Committee nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

This marks Prime Minister Netanyahu's third visit to the U.S. during the second Trump administration.