While meeting Wednesday with US Vice President JD Vance, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed willingness to assist in implementing the next stages of Washington’s Gaza ceasefire and hostage release plan, Israeli television reported, as the Trump administration pushes to advance its proposal for ending the Israel-Hamas war.

Citing American and Israeli officials familiar with the discussions, Channel 12 news said Vance urged Netanyahu to give Washington time to roll out the plan, to which the premier responded by showing a readiness to cooperate in the coming phases.

In a separate report, however, the network said that Netanyahu outlined several red lines to the US in recent days, including absolute opposition to any Turkish presence in the Gaza Strip and to the Palestinian Authority or Hamas playing a governing role there “the day after” the war. He is also said to have insisted that a full IDF withdrawal would only take place after Hamas is fully disarmed and the Strip demilitarized.

An Israeli security official told Channel 12 that Washington views Turkey as essential to the plan’s success and sees no viable alternative to eventual Palestinian Authority involvement, which could force Netanyahu into compromise as Washington’s pressure increases.

A source close to US President Donald Trump was quoted by the network as saying that he is pleased “the United States has so far managed to keep both sides in line,” referring to Israel and Hamas.

The network added that Trump’s top envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, departed Israel for Riyadh late Tuesday night, where they met with senior Saudi officials to further rally support for the deal. From Riyadh, they continued to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for meetings with Emirati officials toward the same goal.

The meetings in both countries were aimed at mobilizing financial, military, and diplomatic backing from Arab states for the deal.

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