Overview

• Israel’s military confirmed the 20 surviving hostages were handed to the Red Cross in two stages from three locations in Gaza and brought to Israeli hospitals for evaluation.
• Under the agreement, Israel began releasing roughly 2,000 Palestinian detainees to Gaza and the West Bank, including prisoners convicted of security offenses, with large crowds greeting the first buses.
• The deal also provides for the return of the remains of 28 hostages through the International Committee of the Red Cross, though families say only a few bodies were delivered on Monday and transfers continue.
• President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s Knesset, declared the war over, and is co-chairing a Sharm el-Sheikh summit with Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to codify guarantees for the truce; Israel and Hamas are not sending top officials to the meeting.
• UN OCHA reported real progress in aid access, including the first cooking gas deliveries since March, as U.S. troops arrived to help monitor the ceasefire and humanitarian convoys expanded through Rafah and Kerem Shalom.