Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the United States this week to meet with President Donald Trump, seeking input on the future of the campaign among other bilateral concerns such as tariffs.

Buffer zones around the perimeter of Gaza make up the majority of the occupied land — extending from the south of Gaza, up the Eastern border of the strip, and wrapping back to the sea in the north.

The Netzarim Corridor is an additional stretch of land, secured and maintained by the IDF, which cuts off the northernmost quarter of Gaza from the rest of the strip, including Gaza City.

Additionally, Israel is in the process of building a new “Morag Corridor” that would implement a similar choke point on the southernmost portion of the strip, isolating the city of Rafah.

The coordinated isolation of pieces of the strip has allowed Israel to divide and conquer the territory as it continues the campaign to force terrorist group Hamas to release the dozens of hostages still being held since Oct. 7, 2023.

Approximately 1,218 people were killed in the Hamas-led terrorist attack that upended years of seemingly improved relations between Israel and Gaza.

Hamas claims over 1,330 individuals have been killed since the resumption of hostilities last month, bringing the total of reported Palestinian deaths since the beginning of the war to over 50,000.

A Palestinian-American teenager was killed by the IDF in the West Bank on Sunday after allegedly throwing a rock at the highway in Turmusaya.

Two other Palestinian-American teenagers were wounded in the shooting, with the IDF calling the group “terrorists” who were “endangering civilians driving.”

Netanyahu said in a video address last week that “dividing the country” is “increasing pressure step by step” to force Hamas to “give [Israel] our hostages.”

He arrived in D.C. on Sunday night and immediately met with Trump administration officials to “discuss the tariff issue, the efforts to return our hostages, Israel-Turkey relations, the Iranian threat and the battle against the International Criminal Court,” according to the prime minister’s office.

Israel is among the many countries facing economic anxiety after the White House’s “Liberation Day” roll-out of widespread tariffs last week.

The White House claimed U.S. trade with Israel operated under a $7.4 billion deficit in 2024.

In anticipation of the announcement, Israel dropped its tariffs on U.S. goods across the board, but that did not stop the Trump administration from implementing a 17% tariff against the Jewish state.

Netanyahu already met on Sunday with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer regarding the tariff issue.

The prime minister’s office called the conversation “warm, friendly and productive” but no details on the discussion have been published.

Netanyahu will meet with Trump on Monday and is expected to at least touch on the future of Gaza.

“This meeting comes at a critical moment on many key issues: the efforts to return our hostages being held by Hamas, the instability in Syria, and the threats posed by Iranian proxies,” Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter told Fox News Digital.

It was the U.S. president who first floated the idea of removing Palestinians from the area in order for the U.S. to take control and rebuild the strip into the “Riviera of the Middle East.”

Trump’s plans for Gaza have been inconsistent and the details of his proposal have changed from interview to interview.

He has at various times endorsed the idea of the “right to return” for Palestinians displaced following U.S. control of the area, permanent resettlement in nearby countries, and sometimes an arrangement somewhere in between.