Standing alongside US Vice President JD Vance, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauds the “unmatched alliance and partnership with the United States.”

Vice President JD Vance, who was on the second day of a visit to Israel, said recent trips to the country by top American officials were intended to shore up the fragile Gaza truce.

"We have to be a little bit flexible. I think what you're seeing from our Gulf Arab friends, certainly from our Israeli friends, is a certain amount of impatience with Hamas."

Vice President JD Vance declined to be drawn on how long Hamas would have before the US took action to force the Islamist movement to disarm as part of the Gaza cease fire agreement. "If Hamas doesn't comply with the deal,

Israel has identified the bodies of two more hostages killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. Their remains were returned to Israel, where a military ceremony was planned.

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Vance also cautioned that “there is currently no existing security infrastructure to guarantee Hamas’s disarmament.”