Overview

• President Donald Trump said a Gaza ceasefire could be secured within a week and Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer is set to visit Washington next week to advance truce negotiations.
• The IDF’s chief of staff reported that Operation Gideon’s Chariots is nearing its goal to control 75 percent of Gaza territory.
• Overnight Israeli airstrikes killed at least 60 people across Gaza, including displaced families sheltering at sites such as Palestine Stadium and tent camps in Muwasi.
• Hamas has offered to release remaining hostages under any deal ending the war while Israel demands the group’s disarmament and dismantling as a precondition for a truce.
• Months of blockade and clashes at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution points have deepened Gaza’s food crisis and prompted allegations that civilians were shot while seeking aid.