Overview

• Israel will reopen the Rafah crossing for aid on Wednesday with an expected 600 trucks, public broadcaster KAN reports, after Hamas handed over four additional bodies, though the IDF says one was not an identified hostage.
• The truce delivered the 20 remaining living hostages and prompted Israel to free nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, but the plan’s next phase requires Hamas to disarm and step aside from governing Gaza.
• Hamas security units have expanded their presence, carried out public executions of alleged collaborators and fought armed clans in Gaza City’s Shujaiya district, according to AFP and local witnesses.
• Following delays in returning bodies, Israel had ordered Rafah shut and restricted aid; the UN says roughly 170,000 tonnes of relief are queued while only limited crossings remain operational.
• Trump said the United States will move to disarm Hamas if it does not disarm itself, a stance echoed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for full demilitarization and an end to weapons flows into Gaza.