"US President Donald Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu to be a 'bit nicer' to opposition leader Yair Lapid - before having a go at the length of the speeches before him - during his speech to the Knesset on Monday. "He's a nice man. Bibi, he's a nice man. Nice man. He knows what he's doing, right? No, he's a very nice guy. Well, see, now you can be a little bit nicer, Bibi, because you're not at war anymore, Bibi," he said. "I came here very early at your request. I addressed the leaders of the Arab and Muslim world gathered in Saudi Arabia and said that it was time to build a future free of the grip of extremism and terror. And I'm, interestingly, right now, I'm, as soon as I'm finished, I'm quite late," he added. "You've kept me quite late between opposition leaders and Bibi's brilliant but very long speech. I thought I was going to run up here, make a speech, and then head to Egypt." "It didn't work out though and you made a pretty long one too sir (the speaker) but I liked what you all said. It could be worse. Supposing on top of it, I didn't like what you said. That would be no good," he quipped. Trump and his core team received huge applause in the parliament ahead of his speech. The US president is in Israel to address the Knesset and meet with Benjamin Netanyahu and the families of hostages, before flying to Egypt for the official signing of the Gaza peace deal. The final twenty living hostages were handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross earlier on Monday. The bodies of 28 deceased hostages will also be returned later, while around 1,700 Palestinians detained in Gaza since October 2023 and 250 more serving life sentences, will be freed under the deal. The first phase of the deal, agreed by Israel and Hamas last week, includes the ceasefire, the swapping of hostages and prisoners, and the Israeli military withdrawal to the 'yellow line' in Gaza. Subsequent phases will include the governance of Gaza, the future of Hamas and the reconstruction of the enclave. "