Overview
- Ceasefire talks have collapsed after Hamas rejected a Qatari-mediated truce proposal and indirect negotiations were suspended.
- Netanyahu instructed the IDF to occupy the entire Gaza Strip, reversing the 2005 disengagement to dismantle Hamas’s authority and locate hostages.
- Military chief Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir and other senior officers oppose a full takeover, warning it could endanger captives and overstretch the IDF.
- Gaza’s health ministry says starvation and malnutrition have claimed dozens of lives daily, and UN agencies warn of a looming famine as aid remains blocked.
- A group of about 600 retired Israeli security officials have written to President Trump urging an immediate end to the war to alleviate civilian suffering and secure hostage releases.