Overview

• Thousands of displaced Palestinians streamed back toward Gaza City and the north, reporting the first quiet night in months but finding vast destruction and shattered services.
• Israeli forces redeployed to agreed lines and now hold roughly half of the enclave, with the military warning civilians to avoid areas where units remain, including parts of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and Shuja’iyya.
• The agreement activated a 72-hour window for Hamas to release hostages, with Israel set to free specified detainees and the ICRC expected to coordinate transfers.
• About 200 U.S. troops with logistics, engineering and security expertise have begun arriving to establish a CENTCOM-led civil-military coordination center in Israel, and officials say no U.S. forces are planned to enter Gaza.
• Initial aid deliveries were reported but the pledged flow of up to 600 trucks per day has not materialized, UNRWA says thousands of truckloads are ready, and Gaza’s Health Ministry estimates at least 7,000 bodies remain under rubble.