Overview

• The International Committee of the Red Cross received the released captives and transferred them to Israel for medical checks and reunions, as crowds gathered in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square.
• Israel freed 1,718 detainees held without charges and 250 prisoners serving long sentences, with many returned to Gaza and others sent to the West Bank or deported to Egypt, according to officials and rights groups.
• Hamas is due to return the remains of deceased captives under the agreement, and Israeli authorities said four coffins were transferred for forensic identification on Monday.
• President Donald Trump told Israel’s Knesset the “war has ended” before heading to a Sharm el-Sheikh summit with regional and European leaders to coordinate next phases of the plan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not attend the Egypt meeting.
• UN OCHA reported “real progress” in aid operations, including deliveries of fuel, food and medical supplies, even as key issues remain unresolved—Hamas rejects disarmament and participation in a transitional government, and Gaza’s death toll has risen into the high 67,000s.