Overview

• Israel says the cabinet will ratify the agreement tonight, with a pause expected to begin within 24 hours, according to Sky News.
• Phase one provides for the release of 48 hostages and an IDF withdrawal to an agreed line, alongside Palestinian prisoner releases and expanded aid access reported by mediators.
• Turkey, Egypt and Qatar joined a new task force to help locate and return the bodies of hostages that Hamas may be unable to deliver within the agreed timeline.
• European, Arab and U.S. diplomats convened in Paris to discuss Gaza’s post-war arrangements, drawing criticism from Israeli officials.
• Gaza’s crisis persists, with about 67,000 dead, over 90% of residents displaced and an estimated 92% of homes damaged or destroyed, as Haaretz also reports at least 130 people killed recently in IDF-designated safe zones.