Overview
- The Israel Defense Forces welcomed the agreement and ordered forces to prepare strong defenses, adjust deployments, and ready medical and reception operations for returning hostages.
- Israel published the names of 250 Palestinian prisoners slated for release and plans to free roughly 1,700 additional detainees, with reports also pointing to the return of hundreds of militants' bodies.
- U.S. officials said about 200 American personnel, led by CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper, will support monitoring and coordination from Israel with regional partners, and no U.S. troops are expected to enter Gaza.
- Under the plan, the IDF is to pull back to a designated “yellow line” within 24 hours of approval as hospitals prepare to receive returnees and the International Committee of the Red Cross coordinates handovers within a 72-hour window.
- Conditions remain fragile as Israeli strikes and casualties were still reported and political disputes persist, including far-right opposition inside Israel and Hamas rejecting a proposed transitional authority with disarmament pushed to a later phase.