Israeli Defense Minister Katz met with visiting US Vice President Vance on the 23rd. Katz said that Israel is committed to returning the bodies of all victims and disarming the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

Vance saidThe U.S. will not deploy troops in Gaza.Despite some disagreements over the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire, the two sides will strive to make the ceasefire lasting, and the United States will continue to communicate with partners on the future of the Gaza Strip.Wans also said that Israel will not annex the West Bank and that the United States is dissatisfied with the Israeli parliament's preliminary decision to pass the West Bank sovereignty bill.

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On October 22, local time, the Knesset passed a bill to extend Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank in a preliminary vote of 25 to 24. The bill, introduced by far-right lawmakers, advocates that Israel should implement Israeli laws and sovereignty over Jewish settlements to establish them as an integral part of the Israeli state. According to the Israeli Knesset legislative process, the bill still needs three more formal votes before becoming law. The bill will now be submitted to the Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee for further review. (General reporter Zhou Xuan)