Overview

• Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages under ICRC oversight, including three Argentines, with additional bodies expected to be transferred next.
• Israel began freeing roughly 1,968–2,000 Palestinian prisoners and moved detainees through Ketsiot and Ofer as a partial troop pullback under the ceasefire started.
• UN OCHA reported real progress in aid deliveries, citing restored cooking gas for the first time since March, expanded convoys via Rafah and 190,000 metric tons of supplies authorized.
• President Trump addressed the Knesset before traveling to Egypt for a Sharm el‑Sheikh summit with more than 20 leaders to formalize guarantees and launch reconstruction planning.
• Key issues remain unresolved in later phases, including Hamas disarmament, a multinational security deployment and Gaza’s governance, even as Netanyahu proclaimed a huge victory.