Overview

• President Donald Trump announced that negotiators reached a first‑phase deal providing for an immediate ceasefire on signing, Israeli withdrawals to an agreed line inside Gaza, and the return of hostages, with Reuters citing a Hamas source on a 12:00 MSK signing and target windows of 24 hours for initial pullbacks and 72 hours for releases after government approval.
• The Israel Defense Forces began preparatory redeployment steps, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to convene the government and security cabinet at 17:00 MSK to consider approval.
• Hamas said the accord covers Israeli troop withdrawal, expanded humanitarian aid into Gaza, and an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, and it called on guarantors and Arab and Islamic countries to ensure Israel meets its obligations.
• The agreement drew endorsements and offers of help from the UN’s António Guterres, the EU’s Kaja Kallas, the UK’s Keir Starmer, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany, Spain and Kazakhstan, while Italy said it is ready to contribute troops if international stabilization forces are deployed.
• The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was not a negotiator but stands ready to facilitate releases and scale humanitarian operations, as experts caution that verification hurdles and unresolved political issues, including Gaza’s governance and Palestinian statehood, could challenge execution.