"TEL AVIV, Israel -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, following a burst of deadly violence and questions over how to move forward with the plan for long-term peace. Vance was meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials and is expected to stay in the region until Thursday."
"Vance is also expected to meet with families of hostages whose remains are still in Gaza and some of the living hostages released last week. Earlier on Tuesday, Witkoff and Kushner met with nine of them. Hamas said it has recovered the remains of two more hostages and planned to hand them over Tuesday evening. The ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10."
"The head of Egypt's intelligence agency, Maj. Gen. Hassan Rashad, traveled to Israel on Tuesday to meet with Netanyahu, Witkoff and others over the ceasefire's implementation, according to Netanyahu's office. The high-level meetings highlight the urgency of launching negotiations for the second phase of the U.S. plan. Hamas negotiators reiterated that the group is committed to ensuring the war "ends once and for all.""
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Israel to reinforce a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza and to advance implementation and negotiations for a second phase. Vance met Israeli leaders and White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and plans meetings with families of hostages and some released hostages. Hamas reported recovering remains of two additional hostages and planned a handover. The ceasefire, effective Oct. 10, has faced fighting and mutual violation claims, yet both Israel and Hamas expressed commitment. Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad traveled to Israel to press for urgent second-phase negotiations.
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