Netanyahu is under pressure from right-wing members of his coalition government to resume bombardment of the Gaza Strip until Hamas is destroyed. Several have said they received assurances from Netanyahu that after the first phase of the truce ends, Israeli troops and fighter jets will once again launch in and over Gaza.

Tuesday's confirmation hearings on Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and Wednesdays announcement of a cease-fire agreement for Gaza are illustrative of the elusive nature of politics.

Pete Hegseth, center, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, is joined by his wife Jennifer Rauchet, right, as they depart a meeting with Republican House members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Washington (CNN) — Pete Hegseth ... Among the allegations were that Hegseth had to be restrained from joining the dancers on stage at a Louisiana strip club where he had brought his team.

“Pete Hegseth is a highly-respected ... which is centered on the war between Israel and Gaza. During a Fox & Friends segment in 2015, Hegseth participated in an axe-throwing event gone wrong.

Secretary Blinken, during his last week in office, seems eager to impose his vision of post-war Gaza on Israel — and also on his ... President-elect Trump’s nominee or defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, had a different idea, though.

Here’s the latest for Tuesday, January 14th: More firefighters and aircraft arrive in Los Angeles area. New fire breaks out northwest of L.A.; Israel and Hamas said to be closing in on ceasefire deal; Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday for Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary.

On Monday, Trump also signed an order suspending the US’s Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), saying America “lacks the ability to absorb large numbers of migrants, and in particular, refugees, into its communities in a manner that does not compromise the availability of resources for Americans”.

Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied the allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign.’

The CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of American, Allison Jaslow, says Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary is unqualified. She joins The Weekend to discuss Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing.

The speech echoed many of the themes he sounded at his first inauguration in 2017 when he spoke darkly of the "American carnage" of crime and job loss that he said had ravaged the country.