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U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military chief Eyal Zamir, two senior Israeli officials told Reuters on Monday.

The trip comes as efforts to advance a Gaza ceasefire continue, despite repeated Israeli strikes and Hamas’s refusal to disarm. Under the Trump-backed plan, Gaza’s governance would gradually shift to Palestinian technocrats, Hamas would lay down its weapons, and Israeli troops would withdraw while reconstruction takes place under international supervision.

Witkoff’s visit also occurs amid rising U.S.-Iran tensions, with Washington signaling potential talks over Tehran’s nuclear program while keeping open the option of military action, Reuters reports.