Overview

• President Trump pressed Prime Minister Netanyahu to finalize a 60-day Gaza ceasefire by week’s end during private White House sessions
• Special envoy Steve Witkoff departs soon for Doha to negotiate technical and security provisions of the U.S.-drafted truce framework
• Mediators report Hamas is weighing conditions on the sequencing of prisoner releases, oversight of humanitarian aid and phased Israeli withdrawals
• Netanyahu used a private dinner to present Trump with a letter nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize
• The truce blueprint hinges on Israeli hostages being freed by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian detainees released by Israel under monitored aid distribution measures