Overview

• The Oval Office meeting lasted about 90 minutes, and reports named Tony Blair and Jared Kushner among participants, while the White House offered only a brief statement about seeking peace and had nothing further to share.
• Special envoy Steve Witkoff said a very comprehensive post-conflict plan is being developed, describing it as solid and guided by good intentions and reflecting the president’s humanitarian motivations.
• Israeli forces intensified operations on the outskirts of Gaza City and said evacuating the city’s civilians is inevitable, with officials citing efforts to dismantle surface and tunnel infrastructure and asserting control over roughly three-quarters of the territory.
• Humanitarian concerns deepened as the UN warned of famine affecting Gaza City and its environs, Israeli protesters demanded a hostage deal, and mediators’ 60‑day truce framework accepted by Hamas remained without an explicit response from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Trump’s earlier notion of U.S. control and relocating Gaza’s population drew rejection from Arab states and most Western governments, the UN warned of possible ethnic cleansing, and Israel’s security cabinet endorsed a plan envisioning a future non‑Israeli civilian administration.