Overview

• Israel’s military said U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper toured inside Gaza with the IDF chief to review withdrawals and coordination plans, and Cooper affirmed no U.S. forces will operate on the ground in Gaza.
• The United States has begun deploying about 200 personnel in Israel to establish a civil–military coordination center and lead a multinational mechanism based on the Israeli side of the border to monitor the cease-fire’s implementation.
• Egypt announced that President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi and President Donald Trump will co‑chair a Sharm El‑Sheikh peace summit on Monday with leaders from more than 20 countries, following high‑level talks in Paris on executing the plan.
• The Phase‑1 exchange envisions Hamas releasing 47 hostages, alive and deceased, plus remains from 2014, in return for Israel freeing 250 life‑sentence prisoners and 1,700 detainees from Gaza, with timelines triggered by initial Israeli redeployments.
• Humanitarian access is set to expand with Rafah reopening and a target of up to roughly 600 aid trucks per day, as UNRWA readies 6,000 trucks and Egypt prepares hospitals and logistics; Hamas and other factions say they reject foreign trusteeship over Gaza and will not attend a signing ceremony, setting the stage for tougher Phase‑2 disputes including disarmament and the Philadelphia corridor.