Overview

• Hamas’s positive reply signals readiness to begin implementing a U.S.-brokered 60-day ceasefire in Gaza
• The Israeli cabinet remains sharply split over halting operations, with hardliners opposing any truce until Hamas is neutralized
• Gaza Civil Defence reported 69 Palestinians killed by Israeli military actions on July 3, including 15 women and children in an airstrike on Mustafa Hafez school
• The United Nations reports that 613 people have been killed near humanitarian aid distribution points since late May, with 509 of those deaths occurring at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites
• Prime Minister Netanyahu is set to travel to Washington for talks with President Trump to finalize the truce mechanism and discuss hostage releases