Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Florida before a scheduled meeting with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago later today.
- The agenda is expected to focus on the U.S. plan’s next phase for Gaza, which includes a Palestinian technical government, an international stabilization force, and further IDF withdrawals.
- Israel and Hamas have not formalized a second-phase agreement and accuse each other of breaching first-phase terms, with Hamas yet to return the body of hostage Ran Gvili and Israel restricting two-way movement at the Rafah crossing.
- Netanyahu met the parents of Ran Gvili after landing in the United States, according to the prime minister’s office.
- Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades confirmed the death of spokesman Abu Obeida as Israel’s recognition of Somaliland drew public threats from Yemen’s Houthi movement and criticism from Iran.