Secretary of State Rubio declared UNRWA won't assist Gaza aid delivery, calling the U.N. agency a "subsidiary of Hamas" amid the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Rubio's trip to Israel comes on the heels of visits from Vice President JD Vance, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who've spent the week traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE to continue coalition building in the region.

Trump sends a flurry of top officials and aides to Israel - led by his vice president - to make sure a Gaza ceasefire moves on to challenging second phase.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Israeli Knesset's move towards the annexation of the West Bank could threaten the Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire. Rubio made the comments ahead of his trip to Israel to help oversee the fragile truce between Hamas and Israel.