I’ve visited Israel three times since October 7, but this visit was the most sobering—even somber. Of course, the sense of shock and dislocation from normality was greatest in my visit last November.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz met a short time ago with the parents of Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last remaining deceased hostage in Gaza, during the envoy’s visit to Israel this week.

KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism Tuesday about Gaza‘s fragile ceasefire agreement, calling progress better than anticipated as they visited a ...