Overview

• Hamas released a propaganda video showing 24-year-old hostage Evyatar David, severely emaciated, forced to dig his own grave in a Gaza tunnel.
• Nearly 60,000 people in Tel Aviv demonstrated demanding the unconditional release of some 50 hostages held by Hamas.
• Hamas declared it will not disarm without the establishment of a fully sovereign Palestinian state, including East Jerusalem.
• US envoy Steve Witkoff told hostage families, “We have a plan to end the war and bring all hostages home,” and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged a ceasefire contingent on freeing every captive.
• Mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar are pressing for an all-inclusive ceasefire and hostage swap, but negotiations remain stalled over opposing Israeli and Hamas preconditions.