Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signaled his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a U.S.-backed mission to monitor a truce with the Palestinian group Hamas.
Speaking in Jerusalem alongside U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Netanyahu said they had discussed the “day after” for Gaza, including who could provide security in the territory devastated by two years of war.
Vance, who said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan was going better than expected, reiterated his optimism.
“I never said it was easy. But what I am optimistic about is that the ceasefire will hold and that we can actually build a better future for the entire Middle East,” he said.
Having secured a truce, the mediators are now focused on the second phase of Trump’s Gaza plan, which calls for the disarmament of Hamas and includes the deployment of an International Stabilization Force to train and support a vetted Palestinian police force.
