Vance Arrives in Israel, Visits US-Led Gaza Force Headquarters
The US-led center will manage Gaza rebuilding, humanitarian aid, and security amid ongoing challenges including hostage returns and Hamas disarmament, with 986 aid trucks delivered so far.
- Trump dispatched his deputy and envoys to Israel to push for the second phase of his 20-point Gaza peace plan involving an interim Palestinian government, international force deployment, Israeli withdrawal, and Hamas disarmament.
- Israel's prime minister Netanyahu said Israeli forces had dropped 153 tonnes of bombs on Gaza in response to a Hamas ceasefire breach and would discuss security challenges with Vance during his visit.
- Hamas handed over the body of another deceased Israeli hostage to the Red Cross, out of 28 hostages held when the ceasefire began, while at least 68,216 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since then, according to Hamas-run health ministry.
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Gaza ceasefire not like monitoring a toddler, says JD Vance
JD Vance has said monitoring the ceasefire in Gaza is not like monitoring a toddler, as he met with Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu. The vice president and Mr Netanyahu spoke to the media during Mr Vance’s visit to Israel on Tuesday (22 October). Vance told reporters: “This entire ceasefire process to get some of the critical infrastructure of the ground, it is not easy, I never said it was easy, but what I am is optimistic that the ceasefi…
Hamas has handed over the bodies of two hostages killed to Israel. Prior to this, the US has exerted pressure on the terrorist organization and Israel to keep the ceasefire. Vice-President Vance urges patience.
Gaza ceasefire going ‘better than I expected’, says JD Vance in Israel
US vice-president JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism yesterday about Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement, calling progress better than anticipated as they visited a new centre in Israel for civilian and military co-operation.
Gaza ceasefire going 'better than expected', JD Vance says on Israel trip
More than a week into the Gaza ceasefire, senior US officials have visited Israel to discuss ways to progress to the next stage of Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan. Flareups of violence in recent days has threatened to unravel the ceasefire. Meanwhile, the United Nations says it is important the ceasefire holds - to allow for aid deliveries to be scaled up in Gaza.
America takes centre stage in show of diplomatic power in Israel
US Vice President JD Vance struck a more nuanced tone than Donald Trump, saying Hamas could end up being "obliterated" but offering the group some support for saying it cannot easily recover the bodies of all the dead hostages.
J.D. Vance landed in Tel Aviv to oversee the implementation of the ceasefire agreement signed by Israel and Hamas on October 10
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