Overview

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to complete a ceasefire-hostage agreement with Hamas in a few days following his US visit.
• President Donald Trump said he expects Israel and Hamas to reach a truce within a week as US envoy Steve Witkoff reports momentum in the talks.
• Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was promised by Netanyahu that military operations will resume after the proposed 60-day pause.
• The United Nations warned that Gaza’s fuel shortages under Israel’s blockade are pushing the humanitarian response to collapse, with the death toll topping 58,000.
• The International Court of Justice is considering genocide allegations against Israel with mounting international criticism over civilian casualties in Gaza.