Sa’ar expresses support for Gaza plan in talk with Bahrain counterpart

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke with Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Wednesday about the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

“We discussed President Trump’s plan and expressed our mutual commitment to work towards its success,” Sa’ar posted to X.

“I thanked my counterpart following the presentation of credentials by our new ambassador to Manama, Shmuel Revel, to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain last week,” he added.

Those crafting the ceasefire have described it as “fragile,” including U.S. special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump and a former senior advisor.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, visiting Israel on Tuesday, said he is “very optimistic” that the deal will stick.

“What we’ve seen in the past week gives me great optimism that the ceasefire is going to hold,” he said the day after the truce resumed following Hamas’s attacks on Israeli troops, killing two soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, and a retaliatory bombing by Israel.

Still, maintaining the ceasefire will require “constant effort” and supervision, he said.

“Can I say with 100% certainty that it’s going to work? No, but you don’t do difficult things by only doing what’s 100% certain,” Vance told reporters. “You do things by trying.”