US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope Friday of soon putting together an international force to police the ceasefire in Gaza and said Israel, which opposes including Turkey, could veto participants.

Rubio visited Israel on the heels of Vice President JD Vance as part of an all-out effort by the United States to protect the truce -- including by preventing major new action by Israel.

Rubio expressed optimism for a durable end to the two-year Gaza war as he met Israeli, US and other Western forces monitoring the ceasefire from inside a vast converted warehouse in southern Israel.

The deal spearheaded by President Donald Trump calls for an international force to enter Gaza and oversee security after Israel's ceasefire with Hamas, whose unprecedented attack on October 7, 2023 sparke

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