Overview

• Envoys report that disagreements over where Israeli forces will withdraw to in Rafah are the sole obstacle to a temporary truce.
• No formal ceasefire has been announced even as negotiators target a 60-day pause with staged releases of 10 living and nine deceased hostages.
• IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said recent operations have created the conditions for a deal and President Trump said a ceasefire could arrive this week or next.
• Qatar-facilitated indirect talks in Doha have closed three major dispute areas with Hamas but remain stalled on Gaza’s post-war governance and security arrangements.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry and U.N. estimates put Palestinian deaths from Israel’s offensive at over 57,000 and report at least 40 civilians killed in recent airstrikes amid a mounting humanitarian emergency.