Overview

• Hamas completed internal consultations and formally notified mediators of its positive response to the U.S.-led ‘Witkoff improved’ proposal, requesting only technical adjustments on aid distribution and IDF withdrawal lines.
• The ceasefire framework outlines phased hostage exchanges, a staged withdrawal of Israeli forces from northern Gaza and the establishment of international humanitarian corridors.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his team to join indirect negotiations in Doha while maintaining that Hamas’s specific amendment demands are unacceptable.
• Delegations from both sides are set to depart within days for mediator-facilitated talks under the auspices of the United States, Qatar and Egypt.
• Internal rifts within Israel’s security cabinet and unified Hamas consensus will influence the negotiation timeline as UN agencies warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.