Trump's Saudi visit, sidelining Netanyahu and prioritizing U.S. interests, underscores how the prime minister's self-serving policies leave Israel isolated and hostage families abandoned

After the United States freed Israeli-American Edan Alexander through negotiations with Hamas, Arab analysts speculated on what the U.S. circumventing Israel may mean for Gaza. One Yemeni social media user also noted how Alexander's mother 'turned the world upside down'

In response to the father of captive IDF soldier Nimrod Cohen, Yehuda, who asked 'Why aren't you forcing the Israeli government to stop the war?' U.S. special envoy Witkoff replied, 'We're not the Israeli government,' adding 'we can't tell them what to do'