Overview
- President Trump announced that both sides signed off on an initial step that ties a ceasefire and an Israeli troop withdrawal to an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
- Hamas said in Egypt it exchanged lists for a swap as talks in Sharm el-Sheikh continued with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and mediators from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would convene the government to approve the agreement to bring remaining hostages home.
- The framework targets the release of roughly 48 hostages still in Gaza, about 20 believed alive, in return for the freeing of prisoners and a pullback to an agreed line inside the territory.
- Negotiators cautioned that unresolved issues persist, including Hamas disarmament, sequencing and verification of withdrawals and releases, and post-war governance, while Trump weighs a trip to the region.