Overview
- Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad hailed Canada, the UK and France’s recognition plans as “the fruits of October 7” attack on Israel
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will ask the UN General Assembly in September to recognize Palestinian statehood contingent on governance reforms, militant disarmament and a Gaza ceasefire
- President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the proposed recognition as rewarding terrorism and undermining regional security
- Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released videos of Israeli hostages Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David showing them frail after 664 days in captivity
- Israeli intelligence estimates around 20 hostages remain alive in Gaza and up to 50 others have died in captivity