Overview
- The Istanbul prosecutor said a criminal court issued 37 arrest warrants naming Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Katz, Itamar Ben-Gvir, IDF chief Eyal Zamir and Navy commander David Sa'ar Salama on charges including genocide and crimes against humanity.
- Prosecutors cited extensive civilian deaths in Gaza and said parts of the case draw on evidence from the ‘Sumud’ flotilla incidents reviewed by Turkish forensic authorities.
- Hamas urged other countries to follow Turkey by pursuing arrests of Israeli leaders for alleged crimes against humanity.
- Financial Times reported that the United States is pressing Israel to allow roughly 150 Hamas fighters trapped in Gaza tunnels to exit under safe passage if they disarm, a proposal discussed by envoy Steve Witkoff with Ron Dermer and Hakan Fidan.
- Israeli authorities said another returned hostage’s body was identified, bringing confirmed identifications to 23 of 28, as Hamas and Islamic Jihad announced the ICRC would receive another set of remains; separate reports described harsh conditions for Palestinian detainees in Israel’s Rakefet prison.