Vice President JD Vance arrive on Israel on Tuesday.
Vance’s trip come as the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been shaky after Israel conducted strikes in Gaza.
The Vice President is in the region to bolster the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza.
The Time of Israel had more details to report on Vance’s visit to Israel:
US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday as part of efforts to advance and bolster the Gaza ceasefire, amid reports that Washington is concerned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could collapse the truce and return to war.
Vance, who is traveling with Second Lady Usha Vance, was greeted at Ben Gurion Airport by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Israel’s envoy to the US Yechiel Leiter, and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
Vance then headed to southern Israel to the Kiryat Gat area headquarters of the emerging US-international task force that will oversee the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire.
Vance was set to hold a press conference at 6 p.m. at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, according to the White House.
Here’s the moment he arrived:
🚨 BREAKING: Vice President JD VANCE and Usha Vance have just stepped off Air Force Two in TEL AVIV, Israel
48 is looking presidential!
He’s there to ensure President Trump’s Gaza peace deal holds strong 🇺🇸
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 21, 2025
CBS News had more context to share on Vance’s visit to the Middle East:
Vice President JD Vance, as well as President Trump’s negotiating team — his son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff — are all in Israel on Tuesday, trying to shore up the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Before he left for Israel, Vance said bumps in the road to peace were expected.
“There are gonna be fits and starts,” Vance told reporters. “Hamas is gonna fire on Israel, Israel’s gonna have to respond, of course.”
Hamas has denied responsibility for an alleged RPG attack that killed two Israeli soldiers over the weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that it was a Hamas attack, and that the Israeli military responded to the alleged ceasefire violation by dropping almost 169 tons of bombs in Gaza.
ADVERTISEMENT“One of our hands holds a weapon, the other hand is stretched out for peace,” Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday. “You make peace with the strong, not the weak. Today Israel is stronger than ever before.”
The Israeli strikes killed at least 45 Palestinians, according to health officials in the Hamas-ruled territory.
President Trump warned Hamas on Monday against breaching the deal that took months to negotiate.
“They’re gonna behave, they’re gonna be nice,” he said. “And if they’re not, we’re gonna go and eradicate them if we have to.”
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