Overview

• Israeli forces began repositioning to agreed lines and will remain inside Gaza to maintain pressure on Hamas, with officials indicating control of roughly half the territory during the truce.
• Israel says 48 hostages remain in Gaza, about 20 believed alive, as a 72-hour timetable for releases starts and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signals returns could conclude by Monday.
• The deal pairs hostage releases with the freeing of more than 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including about 250 serving life terms, while Marwan Barghouti is excluded and the ICRC is tasked with transfers.
• Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians moved north after the army reopened the coastal Rashid Road and the Salah al-Din route, even as the IDF warned several areas, including Rafah’s Philadelphi corridor and parts of northern Gaza, remain highly dangerous.
• Washington says 200 U.S. troops will form the core of an international stabilization force outside Gaza and President Trump plans to travel to the region, as the UN stages 170,000 tonnes of aid and Germany pledges roughly €30 million but rules out deploying troops.