Overview
- President Trump hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to press for a Gaza ceasefire, stating that Hamas wants to agree to a pause in hostilities.
- Netanyahu formally nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during their dinner, praising his role in brokering regional truces.
- Israel approved a US-mediated plan requiring Hamas to release 10 live hostages and 18 bodies in exchange for a 60-day truce and for Israeli troops to pull back to a buffer zone.
- Indirect negotiations in Doha concluded without a breakthrough as both sides remain divided over guarantees for a lasting war halt.
- Severe Israeli airstrikes killed 82 Palestinians in one day and acute fuel shortages threaten to collapse Gaza’s health system.