Updated October 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM MST

TEL AVIV, Israel — Vice President Vance said Wednesday the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is holding, but he acknowledged the challenges involved in trying to end the war entirely.

"We have a very tough task ahead of us, which is to disarm Hamas but rebuild Gaza," Vance said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

Vance is part of a high-profile U.S. team that's in Israel this week with the mission of keeping the truce on track and trying to extend it to a more challenging second phase.

Netanyahu is universally known in Israel as "Bibi." The Israeli media is calling this American contingent the "Bibisitters."

In addition to Vance, it includes Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Ad

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