Overview

• President Donald Trump and regional mediators from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar signed a first‑phase agreement that begins a ceasefire and launches the transition to 'phase two.'
• All remaining Israeli hostages were freed after 738 days as Israel released roughly 1,996 Palestinian detainees under the swap.
• Trump said Hamas may serve as a temporary police force in Gaza, while the makeup and mandate of International Stabilisation Forces and the transitional Board remain undecided and require legal backing.
• Reconstruction planning accelerated with an Egyptian‑hosted donor conference set for November and parallel technical meetings in the UK, as the EU signaled funding and the Rafah border mission’s restart and Italy offered humanitarian, reconstruction and potential security support.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu skipped the summit, officially citing a religious holiday, as reports pointed to regional pushback, and in Gaza Hamas mobilized forces and moved against rival clans in operations described by the local interior ministry as restoring order.