Overview

• Hamas freed the last roughly 20 living Israeli hostages as the ICRC facilitated transfers, and Israel released about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including around 250 serving life sentences.
• The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey issued a guarantor declaration in Sharm el‑Sheikh as President Trump declared the Gaza war over, though Israel and Hamas did not sign the document.
• Israel’s defense minister accused Hamas of violating the agreement after only four of 28 expected bodies of deceased hostages were returned by the deadline, highlighting risks to the truce.
• Partial Israeli troop pullbacks and expanded humanitarian deliveries began, while EU leaders pledged support and moved to restart the EUBAM Rafah border mission this week.
• Phase‑two negotiations on Hamas disarmament, interim governance in Gaza and the mandate or contributors for any stabilization force remain open, with reports of Trump’s private envoys offering assurances and a Cairo reconstruction conference planned for November.