TEL AVIV, Israel -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, following a burst of deadly violence and questions over how to move forward with the plan for long-term peace.

Vance was meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials and is expected to stay in the region until Thursday. His visit follows Monday's arrival of White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law. Vance met with them upon landing.

Vance is also expected to meet with families of hostages whose remains are still in Gaza and some of the living hostages released last week. Earlier on Tuesday, Witkoff and Kushner met with nine of them.

Hamas said it has recovered the remains of

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