Overview
- Negotiators issued a joint statement noting phase‑one gains — more aid deliveries, returns of hostage bodies, partial Israeli withdrawals and fewer clashes — after meetings in Miami.
- Mediators urged all sides to uphold the truce and exercise restraint as monitoring groups reported ongoing violations and additional Palestinian civilian deaths during the ceasefire.
- Preparations for phase two center on standing up a transitional Board of Peace and a unified Gazan authority, with Hamas disarmament and further Israeli pullbacks built into the plan.
- U.S. officials are seeking contributors for an International Stabilization Force, but prospective participants want clarity on mandate, rules of engagement and funding, and Pakistan has not decided whether to join.
- New analyses indicate Israel is expanding outposts and roads inside Gaza, complicating planned withdrawals, while Washington circulates a roughly $112 billion reconstruction proposal led by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff that hinges on security and governance decisions.