Overview

• Israel says the handover will start early Monday, with all 20 surviving hostages delivered to the Red Cross at multiple sites in Gaza before transfer to the Re'im base.
• Authorities have assembled roughly 2,000 Palestinian detainees for release, including about 250 serving life sentences, staged mainly at Ketziot and Ofer prisons.
• Mediators report ongoing talks over the release lists as Hamas presses for high-profile figures such as Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat, which could affect timing.
• Hamas rejects full disarmament and has mobilized an estimated 7,000 security personnel to reassert control in areas vacated by Israeli forces.
• About 200 U.S. personnel are in Israel to coordinate a multinational stabilization effort with no U.S. troops in Gaza, humanitarian convoys are moving through Rafah with the UN citing progress, and leaders plan to formalize phase one at a Sharm el-Sheikh ceremony.