ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Monday to discuss developments and updates in the region, an Israeli government spokeswoman told The Jerusalem Post.

This comes as US Vice President JD Vance is set to travel to Israel on Tuesday.

Both US officials were expected to discuss transitioning into the second phase of US President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum wrote a letter to Vance, Witkoff, and the US administration, thanking them for their visit. 

"We fear that our loved ones will be forgotten, that their fate will remain unknown for decades or even forever," the letter reads.

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Israeli hostage Tamir Nimrodi, a soldier who, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, was kidnapped alive from his military base during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. October 16, 2025.
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Israeli hostage Tamir Nimrodi, a soldier who, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, was kidnapped alive from his military base during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. October 16, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/STOYAN NENOV)

Negotiations on phase two of Trump's plan 

No negotiations will begin on phase two of Trump’s plan until Hamas returns all the bodies of the kidnapped fallen soldiers, senior officials told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. 

Hamas has returned a dozen killed hostages as of Monday, after returning the remaining 20 living hostages a week ago. Just 16 remains of hostages remain in Gaza.  

This is a developing story.