This is John Batchel, consulting with colleague Ahmad Sharari of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

I learned that the Prime Minister of Israel is traveling to Washington momentarily to consult with the president about the end to the Gaza war,

a return of all the hostages in exchange for what must include an end of the war and no more war fighting in Gaza, which has been in demand of Hamas through its interlocutors in Doha for quite some part of the contest since October of 23.

So there is promise of an ending the Gaza war while Israel can turn to the very important

business of rebuilding its economy and putting its people back on the road to prosperity

and security.

At the same time, the unfinished business in Iran gets ever larger as Gaza fades into the past.

The war fighting will continue, but perhaps in another theater.

Here's Ahmad to explain what we know, what we can't be certain of,

but his information is often extremely good, always extremely good, correction.

More of this later tonight.

So, I mean, I think the contact is between Hamas,

or what is left of it in Gaza,

and its external leadership based in Doha.

And that's how the negotiations are happening. That's why the negotiations are happening in Doha. And that's how the negotiations are happening.

That's why the negotiations are happening in Doha.

It's because the Hamas leadership is coordinating with the Egyptians and with the

Qataris to negotiate, to mediate between them and Israel.

And so, again, we've seen reports that President Trump is signaling that Prime Minister

Netanyahu will be in Washington, D.C. to discuss a future ceasefire deal that will end the

war in Gaza.

So it won't be a temporary solution like the previous ones, but it would be one that ends the war fully.

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