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."

U.S. military creates Civil-Military Coordination Center near Gaza to oversee ceasefire implementation and facilitate humanitarian assistance from international partners.

Israel on Thursday accused Hamas of not complying with the cease-fire terms to return all of the hostages to Gaza. While all of the live hostages have returned home, Israel is awaiting the handover of the bodies of the deceased hostages. As of Tuesday morning, 13 bodies have been returned to Israel, with 15 still in Gaza.

The future is not clear for the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and its phases after weekend flareups in the region.

Israeli forces struck Hamas positions in Gaza after the terrorist group allegedly violated ceasefire terms with attacks on IDF forces.

President Trump threatened to "eradicate" Hamas if it continues to violate a ceasefire the US helped broker between the militant group and Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that Hamas had violated the ceasefire and vowed to go "forcefully" after Hamas terrorists. On Sunday, he decided to close all crossings to the Gaza Strip and halt the delivery of humanitarian aid in response to Hamas' violation of the ceasefire.

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