Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has left the U.S. after meeting President Trump, but with no breakthrough on a Gaza ceasefire. And many Israelis are increasingly eager to see the 21-month war end.

A top U.S. State Department official waived nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to rush a $30 million award last month to a Gaza aid group backed by the Trump administration and Israel,

Tensions between the U.S. and its NATO allies have cooled off since most of the alliance's member states agreed to increase their defense spending from 2 percent of GDP to 5 percent by 2035, which many Trump supporters say is proof that his hard-charging negotiating tactics, even among friends, produces results.

As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of the Gaza Strip — a condition that could derail the talks