Follow live updates as Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released. Presidents Trump and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi are expected to meet with other leaders in Egypt to discuss Gaza’s future.

In an unexpected detour, Trump called on the Israeli president to pardon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he described as “one of the greatest” wartime leaders. Netanyahu faces corruption charges, although several hearings have been postponed during the conflict with Hamas.

Israel has also released almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees, with busloads greeted by huge crowds in the occupied West Bank.

But the polls show more Americans blame Republicans and Trump than Congressional Democrats for the shutdown. Alongside the shutdown, it's been a busy week. National Guard troops were deployed in Chicago before the move was temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

President Donald Trump, in a speech to Israel’s parliament, spotlighted mega-donor Miriam Adelson’s outsized influence on U.S. policy toward Israel, recalling her frequent White House visits with her late husband,

Steve Bannon said there are “many different alternatives” that would allow Trump to serve a third term as president.

President Donald Trump heads to Israel, where he will address members of Israel's parliament before going to a Middle East peace summit in Egypt. NBC News' Richard Engel and Peter Alexander detail reaction from Arab leaders and Trump’s schedule for the coming days.

U.S. President Donald Trump remains on track to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea in late October as the two sides try to de-escalate tensions over trade disputes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday.