Overview

• Hamas’s response to the proposal includes demands for US guarantees, phased hostage releases, expanded aid corridors and full Israeli troop withdrawal.
• The 60-day truce blueprint would swap 10 living hostages and 18 bodies for more than 1,200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for guaranteed humanitarian access to Gaza.
• US envoy Steve Witkoff rejected the amendments as ‘totally unacceptable’ and urged Hamas to accept the original framework ahead of next week’s proximity talks.
• Israel has approved the ceasefire outline but continued air and ground operations across Gaza, striking alleged Hamas sites and maintaining a partial blockade.
• Humanitarian groups report widespread hunger, looted aid convoys and hijacked World Food Programme flour trucks that underscore the risk of famine for Gaza’s two million residents.