Special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law and businessman Jared Kushner arrived in Israel on Monday morning to bolster the ceasefire agreement and to continue implementation of the second phase of Trump's 20-point Gaza plan.

The vice president said that while he can't have "100% certainty that it's going to work," he has "great optimism the ceasefire is going to hold."

Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys traveled to Israel to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that’s holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flareup.

Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza on Oct. 19 in retaliation to a Hamas assault that Israeli officials said killed two soldiers. "We made a deal with Hamas that they're going to be very good,

After Israel-Hamas clashes test Trump's Gaza peace deal, his top negotiators return to the region to shore up the ceasefire.

None of this means the ceasefire is about to collapse. Even though there will no doubt be further violations, for now a mix of self-interest and American pressure should ensure that Israel and Hamas remain party to the deal.

Israel said it has received the bodies of three more hostages, and Gaza officials said they received the bodies of 15 more Palestinians released by Israel.

An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.