Overview

• An Israeli government spokesperson said the 20 living hostages will be handed to the ICRC in the early hours of Monday and taken through Israeli-controlled zones to the Re’im base for reunions.
• Israel has assembled prisoners for release, including roughly 250 lifers and about 1,700 others, while talks continue over Hamas demands to free high‑profile figures such as Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat.
• About 200 U.S. military personnel are in Israel to help monitor the ceasefire under CENTCOM coordination, with officials stressing no deployment inside Gaza as planning advances for an international stabilisation force.
• Hamas publicly rejects total disarmament and, according to multiple reports, has mobilized forces and named local governors to reassert control in areas vacated by Israeli troops, complicating the next phase.
• A summit in Sharm el‑Sheikh on Monday, co‑presided by President Donald Trump and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi, will seek to define phase‑two mandates, as aid convoys and returns of displaced residents resume across Gaza.