Overview

• Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on July 31 to seek new momentum after U.S. and Israeli delegations withdrew from Doha talks last week.
• The State Department imposed entry bans on senior Palestinian Authority and PLO officials for obstructing U.S.‐brokered peace efforts.
• Gaza’s humanitarian crisis has deepened with over 150 deaths from malnutrition and more than 1,000 Palestinians killed while trying to access aid since late May.
• Hamas still holds about 50 hostages in Gaza, of whom an estimated 20 remain alive, making detainee releases a central sticking point.
• Ministers Israel Katz and Yariv Levin issued a joint statement urging immediate annexation of the West Bank, threatening a two-state solution.