Overview

• Egypt said President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi and President Donald Trump will co-chair Monday’s Sharm El‑Sheikh summit, with more than 20 leaders attending, including the UN secretary‑general, the UK prime minister and France’s president, to lock in implementation details.
• Hamas and several Palestinian factions rejected any foreign guardianship over Gaza, confirmed they will not join the signing ceremony, and signaled that debates on disarmament and later phases will be more difficult.
• U.S. Central Command’s Brad Cooper visited an Israeli military site inside Gaza with U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to review withdrawal steps and the new civil‑military coordination center, while reiterating that U.S. forces will not operate on the ground in Gaza.
• Phase one includes a defined exchange in which Hamas is to release 47 hostages from 251 taken in 2023, while Israel will free about 250 prisoners serving life sentences plus roughly 1,700 detainees from Gaza, with an initial 72‑hour timetable tied to Israeli pullbacks.
• Humanitarian access is set to scale to roughly 600 trucks per day as Egypt expands reception capacity in North Sinai, prepares hospitals and logistics hubs, and partners ready mechanisms at Rafah for aid flows and movement of people.