US V-P Vance says 'tough task' ahead in disarming Hamas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Mr Vance is in Israel to shore up support for the ceasefire and post-war reconstruction plans brokered by US President Donald Trump .
61% : During a press conference on Oct 21 in Kiryat Gat, a city in southern Israel where a US-led mission is monitoring the Gaza ceasefire, Mr Vance expressed "great optimism" that the truce would hold.
49% : "We have a very, very tough task ahead of us, which is to disarm Hamas but rebuild Gaza, to make life better for the people of Gaza, but also to ensure that Hamas is no longer a threat to our friends in Israel," Mr Vance said during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
39% : " Mr Vance said that the Gaza deal could also pave the way for broader alliances for Israel in the Middle East.
37% : He said Washington would not set a deadline for Hamas to disarm under the deal, despite concerns in Israel that the group has seized on the halt in fighting to reassert itself in Gaza.
32% : JERUSALEM - US Vice-President J.D. Vance on Oct 22 cautioned there were challenges ahead both in terms of disarming Hamas and rebuilding Gaza as part of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant movement.
24% : "I think this Gaza deal is a critical piece of unlocking the Abraham Accords," Mr Vance said, referring to the series of normalisation agreements between Israel and several Arab countries in 2020.

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