Overview

• After the Israeli cabinet approved the first-phase agreement with Hamas, Al Jazeera reported that the IDF halted airstrikes on Gaza.
• Israeli officials outlined a timetable that includes a 24-hour repositioning to an agreed internal line and a 72-hour window to return all hostages, targeted by October 13.
• Qatar said mediators from Egypt, Qatar and the United States, with Turkey joining the process, will oversee withdrawals and the ceasefire from monitoring hubs in Cairo and El Arish and handle complaints from the parties.
• The International Committee of the Red Cross said it stands ready to act as a neutral intermediary for releases and warned operations are highly complex with details subject to change at short notice.
• Hamas’s Khalil al-Hayya said Israel will free all Palestinian women and children along with 250 life-sentence prisoners and 1,700 Gaza detainees, while the UN rights chief called for accountability and Egypt’s president urged an immediate ceasefire and invited President Trump to a signing ceremony.