Overview

• Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the military has created conditions for a release and urged accepting what he called an improved Witkoff outline, warning a Gaza City operation could endanger captives.
• The Prime Minister’s Office reiterated that Israel will agree only to a single, comprehensive deal that returns all hostages at once and meets war-ending conditions including Hamas’s disarmament and Gaza’s demilitarization.
• Hostage families launched a coordinated protest day, blocking roads and rallying outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv as they demanded the government finalize an agreement.
• Government sources signaled the political-security cabinet would meet without advancing a partial proposal, with some ministers favoring a formal rejection of limited releases and Netanyahu seeking to keep options open.
• Qatar has floated new additions to the framework and Israeli officials met Egyptian counterparts, while the IDF called up tens of thousands of reservists and prepared evacuations ahead of potential operations in Gaza City.