Israel launched airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and blamed Hamas for what it called a significant Palestinian ambush of its troops, even as trouble-shooters assembled in an effort to keep President Donald Trump’s peace plan on track.

Signaling Washington’s focus on preserving the ceasefire secured on Oct. 10, an Israeli official said Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, was expected to accompany White House mediators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to the region this week.

The US embassy in Jerusalem had no immediate comment.

Under Trump’s internationally backed plan, the truce is meant to lead to Hamas disarming and ceding what remains of its governance to a foreign-supervised alternative Palestinian administration. Hamas has balked at those conditions.

The partial implementation to date ha

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