Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will block any unacceptable participants in a proposed international force for Gaza and signaled opposition to Turkish troops.
- An Egyptian convoy with heavy equipment entered Gaza to help locate the remaining 13 bodies of hostages, after Israel received 15 of the 28 pledged remains under the truce.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported multiple offers from countries to join the International Stabilization Force and said a United Nations mandate is under consideration.
- Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo, including Hamas and Fatah, endorsed a temporary independent technocratic committee to run essential services in Gaza.
- Hamas and Israel continue to trade allegations of ceasefire violations, aid deliveries remain limited, and UN officials report rising settler attacks on West Bank olive harvesters.