"That's not something we can be supportive of right now," Marco Rubio said before leaving for Israel as part of US efforts to shore up a fragile ceasefire deal. In an apparent attempt to embarrass Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned that Israel's moves towards annexing the occupied West Bank risked undermining a fragile US-brokered truce in Gaza, as he headed to Israel on Thursday.

US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that Israel would not move to annex the occupied West Bank, after Washington warned that such a step could jeopardise a fragile US-brokered truce in Gaza.Ahead of his arrival later on Thursday,

Secretary of State Marcon Rubio warned that Israel's efforts to annex the already occupied West Bank could jeopardize the fragile truce with Hamas. Rubio spoke with reporters on the tarmac prior to a trip to Israel and addressed efforts to maintain phase one of the peace deal brokered by President Donald Trump earlier this month,

Vice President Vance said on Thursday before leaving Israel that he was "insulted" by the Knesset vote on annexing the occupied West Bank, which took place while he was visiting the country this week.

Marco Rubio says vote in Israel's Knesset toward West Bank annexation is 'counterproductive' to peace in Gaza:: Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State"That's a vote in the Knesset. But obviously, I think the president's made clear that's not something we'd be supportive of right now.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned that Israel’s plan to advance a bill applying sovereignty in the West Bank risks undermining the Gaza ceasefire deal ahead of his visit to Israel. The Knesset's approval of advancing a bill to apply Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank poses a threat to the Gaza ceasefire deal,