Overview
- Qatar’s prime minister says the truce has reached a critical moment, with the first phase awaiting the return of Sgt. Ran Gvili’s body.
- Hamas and the ICRC resumed searches in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood for the last hostage’s remains.
- Hamas’s Bassem Naim says the group could discuss freezing or storing weapons, while Khalil al‑Hayya demands full Israeli withdrawal and a sovereign Palestinian state before disarmament.
- Mediators have yet to agree on the International Stabilization Force’s mandate or contributors, as Turkey offers troops and Israel rejects Turkish participation.
- Netanyahu says Israel will soon shift to phase two focused on Hamas’s disarmament and Gaza’s demilitarization, even as IDF chief Eyal Zamir calls the “yellow line” the new border and officials expect a Trump‑led peace council with Tony Blair to be set up by year‑end.