Diplomats, U.S. Troops Work to Secure Gaza Truce

U.S. envoys, including Secretary Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance, have traveled to Israel to help implement a U.S.-backed ceasefire and stabilization plan and to bolster a fragile truce and hostage-release deal. About 200 U.S. troops are working with Israeli forces to stabilise Gaza and support the plan while Washington seeks partners to train non-Hamas Palestinian security forces. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire, urged international pressure including sanctions or arms-sale halts, and offered Turkish support for a multinational Gaza security role that Israel views uneasily. Analysts warn the proposed International Stabilisation Force of Muslim-majority countries could split Gaza and entrench Israeli control of large areas, complicating reconstruction and prolonging occupation. U.S. officials have publicly warned that Israeli moves toward West Bank annexation and related Knesset votes could jeopardize the truce and cautioned Prime Minister Netanyahu he is "walking a fine line," after tensions rose when a reported Hamas breach and Israel's deadly retaliation prompted U.S. criticism that Israel may have "overreacted."