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US officials warned Israel that the next 30 days of ceasefire ‘are crucial’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Senior US officials told Israel last week that “the next 30 days of the ceasefire agreement are crucial,” an Israeli source tells The Times of Israel.
“That’s why they want Israel to respond in a proportionate manner,” says the source, referring to any Hamas violations of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement.
A string of top White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, were in Israel last week to make sure the ceasefire in Gaza holds, even after a deadly Hamas attack on IDF troops and its failures to hand over all the bodies of slain hostages.
“Do not act in a way that would endanger the ceasefire. We want to do everything to reach the second phase,” senior US advisers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff also reportedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week.
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