Overview

• Hamas says it delivered to Israel a list of hostages it would free under a cease-fire, and Israeli officials provided a reciprocal list of Palestinian prisoners.
• U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh for the negotiations, joined by Israel’s strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer.
• Qatar’s prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani is mediating, and Turkish officials are participating after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said President Trump asked Ankara to press Hamas to accept the plan.
• Talks center on halting the fighting, sequencing prisoner and hostage releases, mechanisms for Israeli withdrawal, and post-conflict governance, while Hamas resists disarmament discussions while Israeli troops remain in Gaza.
• A Palestinian source says Hamas seeks the release of high-profile detainees including Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat, and diplomats plan to meet in Paris on Thursday to discuss Gaza’s transition.