Immediately after Hamas and Israel agreed to the first phase of President Donald Trump’s peace plan, food and medical supplies were supposed to start flooding into the Gaza Strip. Like other key aspects of the agreement, that influx did not go exactly as planned. Some food, fuel, medical supplies, and other resources are moving, but the flow of aid remains clogged.

The success of the Gaza cease-fire—which Trump has called perhaps “the greatest deal” of any he’s made—depends on the United States’ continued involvement. Top U.S. officials, including Vice President J. D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have flown to Israel, trying to shore up the cease-fire. (Israeli media, The Wall Street Journal reports, have taken to calling the visits “Bibisitting.”) On the immediate agenda is

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