President Donald Trump President Donald Trump wraps up a Mideast tour in the United Arab Emirates with a breakfast for business leaders and a visit to an interfaith place of worship named for the Abraham Accords he negotiated.
As part of the accords, the UAE and some other countries in the Middle East recognized Israel. Trump departs Abu Dhabi after his visit to the Abrahamic Family House .
During his visit to the region, violence flared in the West Bank, and Gaza. Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people Friday, adding to the more than 120 people who died in recent days.
Here's the latest:
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Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 64
At least 48 bodies were brought to the Indonesian hospital and another 16 bodies were taken to Nasser Hospital, health officials in Gaza said, as strikes overnight into Friday morning hit the outskirts of Deir al-Balah and the city of Khan Younis.
The strikes came as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit that skipped Israel and offered no prospect for a ceasefire in the war-battered territory.
There had been widespread hope that Trump鈥檚 regional trip could usher in a ceasefire deal or renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month.
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Trump arrives at Abrahamic Family House
The interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi features a mosque, church and synagogue 鈥 houses of worship for the three Abrahamic faiths.
It was built after the United Arab Emirates signed onto the Abraham Accords in 2020, during President Donald Trump鈥檚 first term. The agreement 鈥- which Trump has encouraged other Middle Eastern and North African countries to join 鈥- saw the UAE recognize Israel.
The visit to the white-marble place of worship on the shores of the Persian Gulf is set to conclude Trump鈥檚 first major foreign trip of his second term.
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Trump says he expects to meet with Russia鈥檚 Putin soon
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 time for us to just do it,鈥 Trump told reporters in Abu Dhabi.
Trump reiterated that he wasn鈥檛 surprised that Putin skipped a U.S. orchestrated meeting in Turkey between Ukrainian and Russian officials. Putin didn鈥檛 want to go because he鈥檚 not there, Trump said.
Trump added that a meeting with Putin would happen 鈥渁s soon as we can set it up.鈥
鈥 I would actually leave here and go,鈥 said Trump, who noted his daughter Tiffany just gave birth to her first child. 鈥淚 do want to see my beautiful grandson.鈥
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Trump says he鈥檚 heading home to meet his new grandchild
Trump says he鈥檚 had an 鈥渋ncredible鈥 trip to the Middle East but that 鈥渘ow it鈥檚 time to go back home.鈥 He added: 鈥淢y daughter had a baby and I鈥檓 going to go home and see that baby.鈥
Tiffany Trump gave birth to a boy.
鈥淪he鈥檚 doing great and the baby鈥檚 great.鈥
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Israeli Cabinet assessing Qatar negotiations
An Israeli official said Cabinet members are meeting Friday to assess the negotiations in Qatar and to decide on next steps. The official was not authorized to brief media on the meeting and so spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Trump says he鈥檚 doing the selling for the United States
At an event to highlight business partnerships between the UAE and US companies, Trump gave himself a big pat on the back.
鈥淚鈥檓 just thinking we have a president of the United States doing the selling,鈥 Trump said to business leaders as they walked him through a presentation on investments that are benefitting the American economy. 鈥淵ou think Biden would be doing it? I don鈥檛 think so. But I think its so important. I have to be a cheerleader for our country.鈥
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President Trumps gets a single drop of oil
President Donald Trump has arrived at a business forum being held at Qasr al-Watan, a ceremonial palace in Abu Dhabi.
Trump entered and listened to a presentation from Sultan al-Jaber, the head of the state-owned Abu Dhabi 春色直播 Oil Co., as well as officials from Exxon Mobil Corp. and Occidental, two oil firms.
Al-Jaber then presented Trump a memento that included a drop of oil in it.
鈥淭his is the highest quality oil there is on the planet,鈥 Trump told those watching.
He then drew laughter when he said: 鈥淎nd they only gave me a drop -- so I鈥檓 not thrilled.鈥
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Hostage families call on their government to work with Trump to release those still held in Gaza
Hostage families called on their government Friday to work with President Trump to release those still held in Gaza.
A statement from the hostages forum, which supports the families said people woke up with 鈥渉eavy hearts鈥 amid reports of increased attacks across Gaza at the end of Trump鈥檚 visit to the Middle East. There were widespread attacks in northern Gaza Friday as Trump was finishing his visit to Gulf States but not Israel.
Israel says about 23 of the hostages are said to be alive.
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Hostage families call on PM to 鈥榡oin hands鈥 with Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed earlier in the week to push ahead with a promised escalation of force in Israel鈥檚 war in the Gaza Strip to pursue his aim of destroying the Hamas militant group, which governs Gaza.
The hostage families called on Netanyahu to 鈥渏oin hands鈥 with Trump鈥檚 efforts to release the hostages.
鈥淢issing this historic opportunity for a deal to bring the hostages home would be a resounding failure that will be remembered in infamy forever.
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Trump slams opponents to his birthright citizenship order as 鈥楽leazebags鈥
Trump is wrapping up his four-day visit to the Middle East, but he鈥檚 keeping a close eye on what鈥檚 going on back in Washington.
Before heading out Friday morning to the Qasr Al Watan presidential for the final engagements of his trip, the president took to his Truth Social platform to hammer 鈥淩adical Left Sleazebags鈥 after Supreme Court justices on Thursday heard more than two hours of arguments debating how the lower courts should handle Trump鈥檚 executive order on birthright citizenship.
鈥淚 hope the Supreme Court doesn鈥檛 fall for the games they play,鈥 Trump added. 鈥淭he people are with us in bigger numbers than ever before.鈥
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President Trump kicks off final day of Mideast trip
President Donald Trump is kicking off the final day of his Middle East trip with a meeting of U.S. and UAE business executives alongside . Energy, health care, aviation, entertainment and other business leaders will be in attendance to highlight ties between the two countries -- a central focus of Trump鈥檚 trip to the region. Trump will then tour the Abrahamic Family House, a complex that houses a church, mosque and synagogue and is a symbol of interfaith tolerance. Trump has encouraged other countries in the region to join the Abraham Accords and recognize Israel, as the UAE did in 2020. The president will then depart back to Washington.
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Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza
Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza on Friday morning, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit.
An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, where they were brought. Survivors said many people were still under the rubble.
The widespread attacks across northern Gaza come as Trump finishes his visit to Gulf states but not Israel.
There had been widespread hope that Trump鈥檚 regional visit could usher in a ceasefire deal or renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes.
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Trump to visit Abrahamic House on last day of his Mideast trip
President Donald Trump will make several stops before taking off on Air Force One to end his Mideast trip on Friday.
He鈥檒l attend a business summit in the morning in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Trump later will visit the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. It is home to a mosque, a church and a synagogue. The UAE built it after diplomatically recognizing Israel in an agreement known as the Abraham Accords, as Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all known as the Abrahamic faiths.
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Etihad Airways says it is buying Boeing aircraft during Trump trip
Etihad Airways announced Friday it would purchase 28 wide-body Boeing aircraft during a visit by President Donald Trump to the United Arab Emirates.
Etihad is the government-owned airline of Abu Dhabi that also flies East-West routes like Emirates, the long-haul carrier in neighboring Dubai.
Etihad said in a statement that the sale included 鈥渁 mix of Boeing 787 and 777X aircraft, powered by GE engines and supported by a services package.鈥
Boeing did not immediately acknowledge the deal.
Trump was due to address a business conference in Abu Dhabi on Friday, the last day of his Mideast trip that鈥檚 also taken him to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which booked a major Boeing order for its long-haul carrier, Qatar Airways.
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Tia Goldenberg contributed from Tel Aviv
