A US embassy spokesperson and Israeli official confirmed Witkoff and Kushner’s arrival in Israel on Monday. US vice-president JD Vance said on Sunday that he also might travel to Israel “in the next few days”, with Israeli authorities expecting his arrival on Tuesday.

Monday’s release of the last 20 living Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees marks a pivotal moment in the war in Gaza , though it’s unclear whether it signals the end of conflict.

JD Vance, Donald Trump's top messenger, heads to Israel to prevent the collapse of the next phase of his Gaza peace plan between Netanyahu and Hamas.

The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Those claims continued to dog Israel in the second year of its conflict, as civilian casualties in Gaza climbed, mass hunger spread and the IDF repeatedly forced large numbers of Palestinians to relocate. As Israel opened aid routes in July, the IDF said in a statement that that there is "no starvation in Gaza."

The offensive expanded the same day that independent U.N. experts accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

On Monday, Sept. 29, at ajoint White House news conferencewith Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump announced an ambitiousplanfor ending the war in Gaza.

Israel has already destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced around 90% of the population and caused a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, with experts announcing a famine in Gaza City. The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 65,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Israel has confirmed it has resumed enforcement of the peace deal in Gaza following fresh airstrikes against Hamas.

Donald Trump says the US-brokered ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza is still in place after both sides accused each other of breaking the truce yesterday. Meanwhile, Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is in Israel today in a bid to keep the deal on track.