U.S BID TO BOLSTER SHAKY PEACE DEAL

Vance visits Israel for talks after Gazans killed in fresh bloodshed

- BY CHRIS HUGHES Defence and Security Editor

US Vice President JD Vance flew in to Israel yesterday to save the fragile Gaza peace deal as the Strip again slipped into bloody violence.

So far, a shaky agreement has held despite 13 Palestinians being killed in the past 24 hours and more accusations that Israel is breaking the deal.

But Mr Vance said it was going “better than I expected”. It came as Israel said it had identified a dead hostage released by Hamas overnight as Tal Hami, who was killed during the attack on Israel that ignited the war.

Mr Vance, who is accompanied by his wife Usha, is joining Donald Trump's sonin-law Jared Kushner and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Israel.