Overview
- Israeli and U.S. officials have a tentative understanding to remove about 200 militants trapped in tunnels on the Israeli-controlled side of Rafah.
- The Prime Minister's Office says any decision on the detainees will be made in coordination with the Trump administration.
- Jared Kushner is leading U.S. mediation and met with Benjamin Netanyahu as part of broader talks on disarming Hamas and Gaza's postwar governance.
- Egypt has dispatched senior mediators into Gaza to confer with Hamas, coordinating closely with both Washington and Jerusalem on resolving the standoff.
- Israel has floated a surrender framework involving disarmament, a pardon, and exile to a third country, while U.S. officials link any free passage to progress on recovering the remains of Lt. Hadar Goldin and Israeli ministers on the right publicly oppose letting the fighters go.