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Vice President JD Vance left Israel on Thursday with an optimistic observe, saying Rafah, a metropolis in the southern Gaza strip, could be rebuilt in two to three years.
Vance mentioned Palestinians ought to give you the option to transfer right into a “Hamas free zone” in southern Gaza “in the next couple of months.”
He informed reporters in Tel Aviv earlier than he boarded Air Force Two that the hope is for folks to give you the option to transfer again to Rafah. Vance mentioned the reconstruction effort could begin “very quickly” in areas not beneath Hamas management.
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It is the primary time the US administration has spoken in element concerning the potential timeline for the reconstruction of Gaza, which has been devastated in two years of battle.
He added that each Israel and Hamas are respecting the ceasefire with “exceptions.”
“There are little exceptions to break out here and there that would be expected when these two parties have been at war for two years. But so far, the ceasefire is actually holding. The peace is actually holding.”
Vance mentioned he felt “pretty good” concerning the sustaining the delicate peace however did admit the potential of “little breakouts of violence.”
“Look, if this peace sticks, you’re going to have these little breakouts of violence. Our message to the Israelis has been: ‘help us build this peace.’ Obviously, the Israelis have their own interests, but we’re going to keep on trying to work with both them and the Gulf-Arab states to make this peace stick,” he mentioned.
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