Overview

• President Trump said a ceasefire could be secured within a week and urged negotiators to “make the deal in Gaza” to recover remaining hostages.
• The administration’s proposal would freeze hostilities for 60 days and release half the captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and the return of remains.
• Remaining hostages would be freed only after a permanent truce under a framework that addresses divergent Israeli and Hamas demands.
• Israeli Cabinet Minister Ron Dermer is due in Washington this week to push for agreement details ahead of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s planned visit.
• Talks continue to hinge on Hamas’s demand for a full troop withdrawal and war termination versus Israel’s insistence on Hamas surrender, disarmament and exile.