By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY, Related Press
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the delicate U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over the previous few days following a burst of lethal violence and questions over find out how to transfer ahead with the plan for cementing a long-term peace.
Vice President J.D. Vance, proper, and Second Girl Usha Vance arrive at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photograph through AP)
Additionally Tuesday, Israel mentioned it has recognized the physique of a hostage that was launched by Palestinian militants in a single day, whereas the chief Hamas negotiator mentioned the group stays decided to implement the ceasefire settlement to finish the two-year warfare.
Vance, who’s accompanied by his spouse, Usha Vance, will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is predicted to remain within the area till Thursday. His go to follows that of two high White Home envoys. After arrival, Vance held a working assembly on the airport with U.S. particular envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump ’s former White Home adviser and son-in-law.
Israel identifies one other physique of a hostage
Israel confirmed that Hamas launched the physique of Tal Haimi, who was killed within the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist assault that ignited the warfare. He was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on the Gaza border. The 42-year-old was a fourth-generation resident of the kibbutz and a part of its emergency response workforce. He had 4 kids, together with one born after the assault.
On this undated picture supplied by Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board, Tal Haimi, who was taken from Israel’s Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak throughout the Hamas-led assault on Oct. 7, 2023, and whose physique was returned to Israel on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, is pictured at an undisclosed location. (Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board through AP)
Beneath the phrases of the ceasefire, Israel remains to be ready for Hamas to show over the stays of 15 deceased hostages. 13 our bodies have been launched for the reason that ceasefire started.
The Gaza Well being Ministry, a part of the Hamas-run authorities, mentioned that Israel transferred the our bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as a part of the ceasefire. The Worldwide Committee of the Pink Cross handed over the our bodies to the Nasser hospital within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis, it mentioned.
The brand new arrivals introduced the variety of our bodies Israel despatched again to Gaza to 165 for the reason that exchanges began earlier this month, in response to the well being ministry.
Hamas says it’s dedicated to ending the warfare
After buying and selling strikes earlier this week, Hamas negotiators reiterated that the group is dedicated to making sure the warfare “ends once and for all.”
He mentioned the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, hosted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and U.S. President Donald Trump, represented “an international will declaring the war in Gaza is over.”
Al-Hayya mentioned Hamas obtained assurances from mediators and Trump that “give us confidence that the war has ended for good.”
He mentioned Israel has complied with support deliveries within the crossings in response to the settlement however requested mediators to stress Israel to ship extra shelter, medical provides and winterization gadgets earlier than the climate modifications.
In the meantime, the top of Egypt’s intelligence company traveled to Israel on Tuesday to satisfy with Israeli officers and Witkoff over the implementations of the ceasefire, in response to Egyptian media.
2 Israeli troopers and 45 Palestinians are reported killed
On Sunday, Israel’s army mentioned militants had fired at troops, killing two Israeli troopers in areas of Rafah in southern Gaza which are underneath Israeli management as per agreed-on ceasefire traces.
Israel troopers mourn throughout the funeral of comrade Employees Sergeant Itay Yavetz, killed in Gaza, in Modiin, Israel, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photograph/Francisco Seco)
Retaliatory strikes by Israel killed 45 Palestinians, in response to the strip’s Well being Ministry, which says a complete of 80 individuals have been killed for the reason that ceasefire took impact.
Related strikes occurred on Monday in Gaza Metropolis and Khan Younis, the place Israel mentioned militants had crossed the yellow ceasefire line and posed an “immediate threat” to its troops.
The Israeli army mentioned Monday it was utilizing concrete obstacles and painted poles to extra clearly delineate the so-called yellow line in Gaza the place troops have withdrawn to. It mentioned a number of situations of violence have occurred.
Additionally on Tuesday, Qatar, a key mediator within the ceasefire, denounced Israel in a speech by its ruling emir. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani mentioned his nation would proceed to function a mediator as a ceasefire holds within the Gaza Strip.
Sheikh Tamim particularly referred to as Israel out for its “continued breaches of the ceasefire” in Gaza, in addition to its growth of settlements within the West Financial institution.
Medical doctors in Gaza say our bodies returned with proof of torture
A senior well being official within the Gaza Strip mentioned the our bodies of Palestinians that Israel returned to Gaza as a part of the ceasefire deal bore “evidence of torture” and referred to as for an investigation.
Israel returned 150 our bodies for Palestinians to Gaza as a part of the ceasefire deal, which required the discharge of all of Israeli hostages — dwelling and deceased — in return for the discharge of over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and lots of our bodies of Palestinians.
To this point, solely 32 of the returned our bodies have been recognized, in response to the Gaza Well being Ministry.
Dr. Muneer al-Boursh, the overall director of the Well being Ministry, mentioned in a publish of social media late Monday that among the our bodies had returned with proof of being sure with ropes and steel shackles, blindfolds, deep wounds, abrasions, burns, and crushed limbs.
“What has happened constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity,” he mentioned, calling for the United Nations to launch an “urgent and independent international investigation.”
The Israel Prisons Service denied that prisoners had been mistreated.
“All inmates are held according to legal procedures, and their rights including access to medical care and adequate living conditions are upheld by professionally trained staff,” a spokesperson for the jail companies mentioned.
Israeli hostages launched from Gaza have additionally reported being sure by steel shackles and harsh situations, together with frequent beatings and hunger.
Magdy reported from Cairo. Related Press author Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.
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