Overview

• Israel says it expects all 20 living hostages to be handed to the Red Cross in a single convoy on Monday, with the remains of additional captives to follow and a task force ready to locate bodies not immediately recovered.
• In exchange, Israel plans to free roughly 2,000 Palestinians, including 250 convicted prisoners and about 1,700 detainees held since the war, with the official list excluding Marwan Barghouti as last‑minute talks continue over several high‑profile names.
• President Donald Trump is due to address the Knesset before co‑chairing a summit in Sharm el‑Sheikh with Egypt’s leader to advance the phase‑one framework, with leaders from more than 20 countries expected and Hamas not slated to take part directly.
• Aid deliveries are set to surge toward about 600 trucks per day as Egypt dispatches hundreds of vehicles, the UN readies large stockpiles, and Palestinians stream back to devastated areas of Gaza facing acute shortages and damaged infrastructure.
• Hamas signals it will not join transitional governance and rejects disarmament in favor of a long truce, while Israel indicates plans to destroy Hamas tunnel networks once the hostage releases are completed.