Vance, Rubio, Kushner flood Israel as White House sends in Gaza truce babysitters

JERUSALEM − His vice president said the trip was not about being a babysitter. His top diplomat said the visit was simply intended to make sure everything was "coming together" in the right way. His son-in-law said it was about working toward "completing the mission" and getting "everyone's concerns aired."

Just over a week after he himself visited the Middle East to oversee the signing of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a flurry of top aides and officials to Israel to make sure the fragile truce is kept on track and moves on to what is expected to be a more challenging second phase.

"It’s not about monitoring in the sense of, you know, you monitor a toddler," U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Oct. 22 after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

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