JD Vance meets Israeli PM Netanyahu to strengthen Gaza ceasefire deal, calling it "days of destiny" for Middle East peace and Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a U.S.-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Hamas war ceasefire has provided some respite for Palestinians in Gaza after two years of killings and destruction.

The Trump peace plan calls for an international security force in the Gaza Strip, but countries that might send troops are wary of danger, an unclear mission and being seen as occupiers.

The group still commands thousands of fighters, but the war has taken a toll on its weapons supplies and its political future is uncertain.

President Trump’s top Middle East peace envoys categorically rejected accusations that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in an interview with CBS’s “60

Israel has accused Hamas of attacking Israeli forces in southern Gaza with the military carrying out airstrikes in the city of Rafah, the first major test of the US-brokered ceasefire.

Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys traveled to Israel on Monday to shore up the ceasefire in Gaza , a day after deadly violence gave the fragile deal its first major test . The truce appeared on track as Israel received the remains of another hostage in Gaza,