Overview

• Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the United States gathered in Egypt, with Hamas negotiator Khalil al‑Hayya arriving and Israel’s team led by Ron Dermer due Monday, as President Trump sent Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff and urged negotiators to “move fast.”
• The opening phase centers on exchanging hostages for Palestinian prisoners, with the proposal calling for Israel to free 250 inmates serving life sentences and more than 1,700 detainees as hostages are released within 72 hours under the plan.
• Hamas has signalled readiness to release hostages and accepted parts of the framework but has not agreed to disarm or rule out a future role in governance, while Israel backs moving on the first stage yet keeps forces in Gaza with the withdrawal timeline unresolved.
• Israeli strikes continued as talks got underway, with at least 20 Palestinians reported killed on Sunday, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged a halt to bombing, saying hostages cannot be released during active strikes.
• Core disputes over disarmament, Gaza’s post‑war administration and the scope of troop withdrawals remain, as a new CAM report separately records 13,339 antisemitic incidents worldwide since October 7, 2023.