US President Donald Trump's influential son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived in Israel on Sunday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on implementing the US plan to end the Gaza war, a source familiar with the matter said.
Kushner was expected to meet with Netanyahu on Monday, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity as the meeting had not been formally announced. The White House and Netanyahu's office did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is expected to join.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner just last month to discuss developments and updates in the region.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum wrote a letter to Vance, Witkoff, and the US administration, thanking them for their visit.
"We fear that our loved ones will be forgotten, that their fate will remain unknown for decades or even forever," the letter reads.
Transitioning into the second phase of Trump's peace plan
Both US officials were expected to discuss transitioning into the second phase of US President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan.
Kushner and Witkoff discussed the negotiations leading to the Trump Peace Deal, as well as the recent Israeli strike in Doha, and the emotional return of the hostages, in an exclusive 60 Minutes interview with CBS, which aired in October.
Filmed just days before Hamas broke the truce with an anti-tank attack, the interview remains strikingly relevant.
As Trump’s envoys and mediators, the two shared behind-the-scenes details of the ceasefire talks, from their “shock and sense of betrayal” over the Doha strike to their visit to Gaza, where they described the relief of seeing the hostages come home.
Maariv contributed to this article. This is a developing story.