On a visit to Israel, the US vice-president said Washington would not set a deadline for the group to disarm under the US-brokered deal
US vice-president JD Vance expressed “great optimism” that the Gaza truce would hold, before a meeting on Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.
Vance is in Israel to shore up support for the US-brokered ceasefire and postwar reconstruction plans.
Despite concerns in Israel that Hamas has seized on the pause to reassert itself in Gaza, Vance said Washington would not set a deadline for the group to disarm under the US-brokered deal.
That came after Donald Trump warned that allied nations in the region would invade Gaza to wipe out Hamas if it failed to comply with the truce.
