Overview

• Videos released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad show hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski severely malnourished, prompting mass protests in Israel.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the ICRC’s regional head to deliver food and medical care to the captives and approved a full military occupation plan for Gaza.
• Hamas’s military spokesperson said it will allow aid deliveries to hostages only if Israel establishes uninterrupted humanitarian corridors and halts airstrikes during distribution.
• U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is pressing for an “all-or-nothing” agreement that would secure the simultaneous release of the roughly 20 hostages believed still alive.
• Gaza’s health ministry reports 175 confirmed starvation deaths since the war began and UN agencies warn the enclave is sliding into famine.