US envoys in Israel to stabilise shaky ceasefire after flareup of violence

Published on 20/10/2025 - 15:33 GMT+2

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and nan US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner person arrived successful Israel connected Monday to statement up nan shaky Israel-Hamas ceasefire, a time aft nan vulnerable woody faced its first flareup pinch Israel threatening to halt assistance transfers aft it said Hamas militants had killed 2 of its soldiers.

The Israeli subject later said it continued enforcing nan ceasefire and an charismatic confirmed that assistance deliveries would resume connected Monday.

By early afternoon, it was not instantly clear if nan travel of assistance had restarted.

More than a week has passed since nan commencement of nan US-proposed truce aimed astatine ending 2 years of devastating Israel-Hamas warfare successful Gaza.

US President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One connected Sunday that Hamas has been "quite rambunctious" and "they've been doing immoderate shooting."

He besides suggested that nan unit mightiness beryllium nan responsibility of "rebels" wrong nan organisation alternatively than its leadership.

Since nan ceasefire started, Hamas information forces person returned to nan streets successful Gaza, clashing pinch equipped groups and sidesplitting alleged criminals successful what nan militant group says is an effort to reconstruct rule and bid successful areas wherever Israeli troops person withdrawn.

In nan meantime, videos surfaced of Hamas militants allegedly summarily executing Gazans successful nan streets, pursuing reports of nan group targeting imaginable competitors arsenic it looks for ways to stay successful powerfulness successful nan Strip — which would spell against nan second stages of nan woody pinch Israel.

Violence successful Rafah

On Sunday, Israel's subject said Hamas militants had fired astatine troops successful areas of Rafah metropolis that are Israeli-controlled according to agreed-upon ceasefire lines.

Hamas, which continued to impeach Israel of aggregate ceasefire violations, said connection pinch its remaining units successful Rafah had been trim disconnected for months and "we are not responsible for immoderate incidents occurring successful those areas."

The adjacent stages of nan ceasefire are expected to attraction connected disarming Hamas, Israeli withdrawal from further areas it controls successful Gaza, and early governance of nan devastated territory.

The US scheme proposes nan constitution of an internationally backed interim authority.

In an question and reply pinch 60 Minutes astatine nan weekend, Kushner said nan occurrence aliases nonaccomplishment of nan woody will beryllium if Israel and nan world system will beryllium capable to create a viable replacement to Hamas.

"If they are successful Hamas will fail, and Gaza will not beryllium a threat to Israel successful nan future," he said.

Meanwhile, a Hamas delegation led by main negotiator Khalil al-Hayya was successful Cairo to travel up nan implementation of nan ceasefire woody pinch mediators and different Palestinian groups.

There is besides interest astir really overmuch assistance Israel is letting into Gaza, which is portion of nan agreement.

An Israeli information charismatic said connected Monday that assistance would proceed to participate Gaza done nan Kerem Shalom and different crossings aft Israeli inspection, successful statement pinch nan agreement.