New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- With a US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas taking effect over the past couple of weeks, more American adults approved of US President Donald Trump's handling of the conflict in October in comparison to a month ago.

However, while more Americans approved of Trump for his handling of the situation in West Asia, it did not translate into a growth in overall support for the US President, the latest polls on approval ratings by AP-NORC showed.

The polls, conducted between October 9-13, before the hostage-prisoner swap but after the announcement of the ceasefire, showed that 47% of US adults approved of Trump's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict, up by 10% from September.

The 10 percentage point increase was p...