Overview

• The Cairo text, based on a U.S. plan by envoy Steve Witkoff, sets a 60-day halt tied to a two-phase hostage release and is framed as a gateway to talks on a permanent truce.
• A Hamas official said the movement accepted the proposal without amendments after receiving it from Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Cairo.
• Israel has not publicly responded, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted any deal must free all captives at once.
• A Palestinian Islamic Jihad source said the first phase would free about 10 Israeli hostages and return some bodies, with the rest addressed in a second phase.
• Egypt’s foreign minister said the visiting Qatari prime minister is pressing talks in Cairo as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis worsens, Amnesty alleges a deliberate famine campaign, and the IDF prepares operations around Gaza City.