Overview

• Delegations from Israel and Hamas entered a second day of indirect talks in Egypt, and sources close to the process said the opening meeting was positive and produced a roadmap for the round.
• The framework under discussion includes a pause in fighting, the release of the 48 remaining captives—roughly 20 believed alive—in exchange for prisoners, a partial Israeli pullback and a major aid surge, according to multiple reports.
• Gaza’s Health Ministry reports about 67,000 Palestinians killed over two years, while local authorities cite hundreds of journalists and more than a thousand health workers among the dead.
• Commemorations and protests spanned Israel and overseas, including ceremonies at border communities and the Nova festival site, a symbolic “hug” for captives in Buenos Aires, and a journalists’ die‑in outside Spain’s Congress.
• Violence persisted on the anniversary, with a rocket striking Netiv HaAsara without casualties and Gaza authorities reporting more than 100 Palestinians killed since Friday despite Trump’s call to halt bombing.