The International Olympic Committee criticized Indonesia after the country refused visas for Israeli gymnasts competing in the World Championships in Jakarta.

President Donald Trump said he’ll travel to Israel to be on hand for the release of hostages under the terms of a deal to end the war with Hamas, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet met late Thursday to sign off on the agreement.

The two Connecticut politicians, one Democrat and one Republican, were among the hundreds of state legislators from the U.S. who visited Israel.

President Trump left Washington on Sunday afternoon, heading to Israel to meet with hostage families on Monday and then address the Knesset. He is then scheduled to travel to Egypt, where he and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will lead a summit to discuss the peace process in Gaza with more than 20 countries.

President Trump will address the Knesset, Israel's parliament, and visit Egypt before returning for Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.

Israel identified the body of a deceased hostage Sunday morning, after Hamas handed over two bodies of what the militant group said are deceased hostages to the Red Cross

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he may travel to the Middle East in the next few days as U.S., Qatari and Israeli officials joined Hamas leaders in Egypt for talks aimed at ending the two-year war in Gaza. “I may go there sometime toward the end of the week,” Trump said at the White House, adding that “negotiations are going along very well."

A federal judge lifts travel restrictions on activist Mahmoud Khalil, allowing him to speak nationwide as he fights deportation.