Overview

• Hamas has signaled fundamental support for a 60-day truce proposal but requested formal guarantees for its extension, an Israeli withdrawal and unhindered humanitarian corridors.
• The ceasefire plan includes freeing at least ten surviving Israeli hostages and handing over 18 bodies in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu called Hamas’s additional conditions unacceptable and mobilized a delegation to engage in indirect negotiations in Doha.
• Qatar, Egypt and the United States are coordinating the mediation effort to translate a temporary pause into a durable ceasefire framework.
• The persistent humanitarian crisis in Gaza, characterized by widespread destruction and acute shortages, underscores the urgency for a vetted agreement.