Overview

• Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan said the exchange begins Monday morning under a 72-hour window, with the ICRC mediating the transfer of living captives and recoverable remains.
• Israel says about 48 people remain in Gaza, roughly 20 believed alive, and has prepared designated hospitals for returnees and Abu Kabir for forensic identification of bodies.
• Israel is slated to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including about 250 serving life terms, as Hamas negotiators push to include prominent figures such as Marwan Barghouti.
• President Donald Trump will visit Israel before co-presiding with Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al Sisi at a Sharm el-Sheikh gathering of more than 20 nations to cement the plan.
• Hundreds of aid trucks entered from Egypt as Hamas police clashed with Doghmush clan militants in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, highlighting unsettled security conditions on the ground.