Overview

• U.S. officials are circulating a Gaza proposal to Arab and Muslim leaders before presenting it to Benjamin Netanyahu, with reported elements including an immediate halt to fighting, reciprocal hostage and prisoner releases, and U.S. assurances against Israeli annexation.
• In a forceful UN address, Netanyahu vowed to finish dismantling Hamas, said Gaza would be disarmed under a new civilian authority, and disclosed that 48 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza, including 20 believed alive.
• The Palestinian mission coordinated a walkout during Netanyahu’s speech, Hamas denounced his plans and asserted its armed wing’s legitimacy, and Mahmoud Abbas told the UN that Hamas will have no role in a future Palestinian state.
• Egypt’s foreign minister said the Palestinian file tops Cairo’s agenda, noted ongoing training of Palestinian police with Jordan, outlined a postwar track on security, governance and reconstruction, and signaled plans for a reconstruction conference in Cairo.
• Israel has formed two military intelligence units to track Yemen’s Houthis, according to Yedioth Ahronoth, while separate reporting points to Iran rebuilding air and missile capabilities with Russian and Chinese systems.