As the Trump administration advances its vision for rebuilding Gaza and reshaping how the territory is governed,

uncertainty looms over what comes next as the ceasefire moves into its next phase.

Critical issues from security and humanitarian access to political control remain unresolved.

Earlier today, I spoke with U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee.

I began by asking him what success looks like in phase two of the ceasefire and how the

administration plans to measure progress. Well, I would tell you, it's already working in the

sense that for the past four months, we haven't had to rush down to the shelter and dodge a ballistic missile.

So the ceasefire itself has been quite successful.

Everybody in Israel is breathing a sigh of relief.

They're putting their kids to bed at night, tucking them in and not thinking they're going to wake up in the middle of the night to a siren.

All the hostages are back.

I think you'd have had a hard time convincing anyone in Israel.

If you'd have told them four and a half months ago that every hostage would be back,

as phase two starts, it's going to be a methodical process, but it is underway. The Board

of Peace is established. The technocratic government is being formed. The one big piece that still has to happen is the disarmament of Hamas.

But I think that's on the way as well.

And it's progress.

Meantime, the Rafa crossing has reopened, but the number of Palestinian medical evacuees has been limited. Why is that process moving so

slowly? Well, it's a difficult thing to get people in and out safely. They have to be properly

vetted so that you don't bring terrorists in or take terrorists out. There's a legitimately

diligent effort to get this done. But we're talking about people who are vastly

displaced, people who were displaced because Hamas extended this war long before it should

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