President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a dinner Monday night, with the two meeting at a key moment and lavishing praise on each other amid efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and determine the course of negotiations with Iran.

During their meeting, Netanyahu gave Trump a letter that the Israeli prime minister said he had used to nominate the U.S. president for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump, appearing pleased by the gesture,

US President Donald Trump has said he thinks talks to end the war in Gaza have been "going along very well", as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC.Trump also expressed confidence that Hamas was willing to end the 21-month conflict.