Overview

• A joint monitoring task force including about 200 U.S. personnel with Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish and possibly Emirati forces will oversee the truce, as CENTCOM establishes a civil‑military coordination center in Israel.
• Under the accord, the IDF must pull back to the mapped Yellow Line within 24 hours, triggering a 72‑hour window for Hamas to release all live hostages.
• The staged exchange covers roughly 48 Israeli captives, about 20 alive, for 1,950 Palestinian detainees including 250 serving life terms, with Israel excluding Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat.
• Israel will retain security control over about 53% of Gaza during the pause while planning advances for disarmament steps, an international stabilization presence and reconstruction.
• Italy signals readiness to send 250 Carabinieri for a stabilization mission and to aid demining and rebuilding, as protests after the Freedom Flotilla interception prompt debate over tighter rules for demonstrations.