Overview

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at least 20 of the remaining 50 Israeli hostages are alive and that a release deal could be finalized within days.
• The proposed arrangement would exchange about 10 living and 12 deceased captives immediately and institute a 60-day ceasefire to secure the remaining hostages.
• An Israeli military source reported that a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement failed to reach Israeli airspace.
• The Israeli military also announced it had killed a Hezbollah commander in a strike targeting those directing rocket fire at Israel from southern Lebanon.
• In the West Bank, two attackers shot and killed 22-year-old Shalev Zvuluny near the Gush Etzion junction, marking the latest fatal security incident.