Overview

• In Tel Aviv, a large, family-organized memorial focused on victims and those still held in Gaza, with speakers decrying the government’s refusal to establish a state inquiry into Oct. 7 failures.
• Indirect negotiations in Sharm el‑Sheikh over a U.S.-backed framework were described in coverage as the most credible route to a ceasefire and hostage deal, as Benjamin Netanyahu paired hardline rhetoric with a reference to a possible “historic decision.”
• Relatives and reporters cited about 1,200 Israelis killed and 251 abducted in 2023, with families saying 48 hostages remain in Hamas captivity.
• Reporting put Gaza’s death toll above 67,000 since the war began, and several human rights groups, UN representatives and genocide scholars characterized Israel’s conduct as genocidal.
• In Germany, tensions escalated as freelancers at The Berliner said they would not work on the next issue over an ad for a Nova festival memorial exhibit, and a flyer in Berlin’s Neukölln targeting a bar was condemned as an antisemitic threat.