Overview

• Hamas says the transfer will begin Monday morning, with U.S. officials indicating it could start within hours as the truce continues to hold.
• About 20 living hostages and the remains of roughly 27–28 others are to be returned in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including around 250 serving life sentences.
• Israel says it is prepared to receive the freed hostages as the Red Cross conducts nonpublic handovers, with initial processing at the Reim base before hospital care.
• President Trump will meet hostage families, address the Knesset and attend a signing ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh with more than 20 leaders, while Hamas says it will not participate.
• Aid deliveries are slated to scale up to roughly 600 trucks a day, but key issues remain unresolved, including final prisoner lists, confirmation of all remains and Hamas’s rejection of disarmament.