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Vance to visit Israel on Monday to discuss advancing Trump’s Gaza plan — report

18 October 2025, 12:16 pm
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US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (not pictured) at Chevening House in Kent, England, August 8, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via AP)
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (not pictured) at Chevening House in Kent, England, August 8, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via AP)

US Vice President JD Vance plans to visit Israel on Monday to discuss the progress of the deal to return slain hostages in Gaza and end the war, Channel 12 news reports.

Vance will also discuss advancing to the second stage of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, which concerns the Hamas terror group’s disarmament and the establishment of an alternative authority to administer Gaza.

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