The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they happen.
Trump says talks with Israel and others on Middle East ‘progressing’
US President Donald Trump says talks with Israel are advancing, previewing upcoming talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other “big meetings.”
“The discussions on the Middle East with Israel and various and sundry other countries are progressing,” Trump tells reporters over the whine of a jet engine on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
He does not offer details, but the comment comes as indirect talks are slated to resume between Israel and Hamas on a second stage of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.
“Bibi Netanyahu’s coming on Tuesday, and I think we have some very big meetings scheduled,” Trump adds.
Roadworker killed by passing car on Route 6
A laborer on a crew doing roadwork on Route 6 was killed when he was struck by a passing vehicle, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says.
The crash occurs near the Nitzanei Oz junction east of Netanya.
First responders attempted to save the 65-year-old man but were forced to declare him dead at the scene, MDA says.
It is not immediately clear if the driver was apprehended.
According to labor rights group Kav LaOved – Workers Hotline, seven workers were killed on the job in January, putting 2025 on pace to match record numbers seen in 2023 and reversing gains in worker safety notched last year.
Netanyahu checks into Washington’s Blair House for record 14th time
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is staying at the Blair House — the historic guest lodging for dignitaries visiting the White House — for the 14th time, Blair House general manager Matthew Wendel tells the premier as he welcomes him back to 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue.
According to Wendel, no foreign leader has bedded down at Blair more than Netanyahu.
Three shot to death in northern town of Abu Snan
Three people have been shot to death in the northern town of Abu Snan, according to Hebrew-language media reports.
Police are investigating the triple homicide as a domestic criminal matter, according to reports. There are no reports of arrests.
The killings are the latest to rock the Arab community, which has seen unprecedented levels of violence in recent years. They come just days after another triple murder in the Arab city of Umm al-Fahm.
The Abraham Initiatives NGO, which tracks crime stats in Arab society, said Sunday that 21 Arabs had been killed violently in January 2025 alone, more than double the total for the year before.
PM welcomed by US honor guard, Israeli diplomats as he disembarks Wing of Zion
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steps down the stairs from Wing of Zion on a chilly overcast day, where he is welcomed on a red carpet by Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, UN Ambassador Danny Danon, and Consul General to NY Ofir Akunis.
An honor guard greets him as well, bearing American and Israeli flags.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disembarks Wing of Zion at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, February 2, 2025. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
Netanyahu lands in US ahead of meetings with Trump, senior US officials
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday.
Netanyahu’s first high-level meeting will be on Monday with special envoy Steve Witkoff.