TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance sought Wednesday to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration was dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East, as he and other top U.S. envoys visit Israel this week to support the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Vice President JD Vance attends private mass and confession at Church of the Holy Sepulchre during his trip to Israel.

A reporter asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice President JD Vance during Vance's visit this week to Jerusalem whether the U.S. pressuring Israel to make a peace deal with Hamas makes it an American "vassal state or protectorate.

More than 60% of Hamas tunnels were left undestroyed during the war, Defense Minister Israel Katz revealed to US Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Israel, according to a Friday N12 report. The remaining tunnels are located on both sides of the yellow line,

Vice President JD Vance, who was on the second day of a visit to Israel, said recent trips to the country by top American officials were intended to shore up the fragile Gaza truce.

Rubio was the latest in a series of high-level US officials to visit the civilian military coordination center and the country. U.S. Vice President JD Vance was there earlier this week where he announced its opening,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been meeting with U.S. military personnel in the Middle East as they monitor the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire. CBS News' Holly Williams has more.