U.S. Presses Fragile Gaza Truce With Vance’s Israel Visit as Trump–Putin Talks Face Uncertainty

Overview

• Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Israel to reinforce the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and said there is no timetable for Hamas to disarm, meeting U.S. envoys who are monitoring the deal.
• President Trump warned Hamas that its end would be “rapid, furious and brutal” if it violates the truce and said regional allies told him they would enter Gaza at his request to “put Hamas in order.”
• Israeli forces carried out strikes after alleging truce breaches, Israel says it will respond to violations, and Hamas has returned 13 of 28 hostage bodies due under the agreement as both sides profess support for the ceasefire.
• Zelensky and European leaders issued a joint statement urging an immediate halt to fighting in Ukraine and naming the current line of contact as the starting point for negotiations.
• The Kremlin said no date is set for a Trump–Putin summit, a U.S. official said no meeting is planned in the immediate future, and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov rejected stopping the war at today’s front lines.