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Vance downplays current Israel-Hamas flareup, says ceasefire will hold
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Vice President JD Vance tells reporters that the Gaza ceasefire will hold, despite today’s exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas.
“The ceasefire is holding. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t going to be little skirmishes here and there,” Vance says during a visit to Capitol Hill.
“We know that Hamas or somebody else within Gaza attacked an IDF soldier,” he adds, notably avoiding a definitive assignment of blame on Hamas.
“We expect the Israelis are going to respond, but I think the president’s peace is going to hold despite it,” Vance adds.
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