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(NewsNation) — After gathering with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance urged patience arsenic the fragile ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas continued to clasp contempt flare-ups of violence.
Vance said the United States' relation was to enactment and safeguard the ceasefire, not to "monitor a toddler.”
“It’s astir monitoring successful the consciousness that there’s a batch of work, a batch of bully radical who are doing that work, and it’s important for the principals successful the medication to support connected ensuring that our radical are doing what we request them to do," helium said.
Vance is expected to conscionable with Israeli President Isaac Herzog aboriginal Wednesday.
The vice president's sojourn comes arsenic Israel identified the bodies of 2 much hostages killed successful the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Their remains were returned to Israel, wherever a subject ceremonial was planned.
Uncertainty remains astir cardinal elements of the ceasefire, including Hamas’ disarmament, the imaginable deployment of an planetary information unit successful Gaza, and who volition yet govern the territory. Vance said officials are considering respective countries, including Turkey and Indonesia, arsenic imaginable contributors to that force.
Trump warns Hamas to grant ceasefire deal
Vance is joined connected the travel by Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, arsenic portion of a broader U.S. effort to reenforce the ceasefire and representation retired adjacent steps toward a longer-term bid agreement.
The 3 visited the U.S. Command Center successful confederate Israel connected Tuesday, which serves arsenic the cardinal coordination hub for humanitarian assistance for Gaza and is wherever astir 200 work members are stationed to oversee the implementation of the ceasefire.
On Tuesday, Vance, Witkoff and Kushner said the ceasefire had exceeded expectations but acknowledged flare-ups of unit successful caller days.
Vance's travel comes conscionable implicit a week aft President Donald Trump’s sojourn to Israel, wherever helium addressed parliament and finalized the bid deal.
Trump connected Tuesday warned Hamas to grant the ceasefire, saying, "They agreed that they'd beryllium precise bully ... that they wouldn't beryllium sidesplitting people, and they've killed people. That wasn't the woody we made. But if they don't grant the deal, they'll beryllium taken attraction of precise quickly, but I'd alternatively not person to bash that. But we person full bid successful the Middle East."
It's been a delicate ceasefire truthful far, with the Israel Defense Forces alleging Hamas violations lone a fewer days into the truce and some sides trading fire.
The ceasefire remains 1 of the Trump administration’s astir important diplomatic achievements successful the Middle East. Vance’s visit, on with an upcoming travel by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, underscores the administration’s propulsion to guarantee the truce endures during its early, fragile stages.
Israel identifies 2 much deceased hostages
Authorities identified the precocious returned deceased hostages arsenic Arie Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar. Their bodies were transported successful coffins by the Red Cross and handed implicit to the Israeli subject successful the Gaza Strip.
Since the ceasefire began connected Oct. 10, the remains of 15 hostages person been returned to Israel. Another 13 person not yet been recovered successful Gaza and handed over, a cardinal constituent of the ceasefire agreement.
Meanwhile, the burial of 54 Palestinians is acceptable for Wednesday astatine a cemetery successful Deir al Balah successful Gaza. The bodies were displayed extracurricular Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis up of burial.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
