US Vice-President JD Vance arrived in Israel to shore up a 12-day Gaza ceasefire and press Netanyahu toward long-term negotiations, alongside envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Their trip follows a Hamas attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and Israeli strikes hospitals said killed at least 45 Palestinians; Israel said it dropped 153 tonnes of bombs and resumed enforcing the truce. Donald Trump warned Hamas to “behave”; Hamas’s negotiator said the group remains committed and is working to return hostages, as one body was handed over. WFP said the truce is vital, but access in the north remains limited.

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