Overview

• All 20 living Israeli hostages were handed to the International Committee of the Red Cross and transferred to Israeli hospitals for medical checks before reunions with families, with three Argentines among those freed.
• Israel began freeing roughly 1,900–2,000 Palestinian detainees, including long‑term prisoners and hundreds held during the war, with releases routed through facilities such as Ketsiot and Ofer and some deportations reported to Egypt and Gaza.
• President Donald Trump visited Israel, addressed the Knesset, then traveled to Egypt for a Sharm el‑Sheikh summit that endorsed political guarantees, aid and reconstruction pledges, while U.S. personnel arrived to help monitor the truce.
• Humanitarian access expanded under the ceasefire as UN agencies reported increased aid flows through Rafah and early logistics progress, even as Gaza health authorities updated the war’s toll to more than 67,000 dead and 170,000 wounded.
• Hamas signaled it will not disarm or join a transitional government as talks move to harder phases on security and governance, and Israeli authorities continue coordination for the return of remains of hostages who died in captivity.