The United Kingdom has deployed a small number of troops to Israel, after a request by the United States, to monitor the Gaza ceasefire.

An Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory is halted "until further notice," the first major test of the ceasefire.

The White House East Wing was largely torn down in Trump’s ballroom construction. The White House said the next Trump-Putin meeting is indefinitely postponed. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel. North Carolina’s senate approved a new congressional map. The Trump administration is seeking to accept more Afrikaner refugees.

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."

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

The Israeli government urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to drop his pledge to honour the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travelled to the country.

Get live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as the government shutdown enters Day 21 and Vice President JD Vance travels to Israel as the administration works to secure the fragile ceasefire with Hamas.

Israeli forces have pulled back to a boundary which leaves Israel in control of most of Gaza - keeping far-right ministers on Netanyahu's side, for now.