Overview

• U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Sharm el-Sheikh to lead the delegation and, according to U.S. officials, will not leave Egypt until a hostage-release agreement is reached.
• Indirect Israel–Hamas talks entered a second day under Trump’s 20-point framework, with Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye mediating and senior Qatari officials expected to join on Wednesday.
• Hamas sought guarantees for a complete Israeli withdrawal and outlined phased releases tied to mapped pullbacks, while signaling opposition to disarmament demands.
• Israel maintains the war ends only with the return of all captives and the disarmament of Hamas, a stance Netanyahu restated on the two-year mark of the conflict.
• About 48 hostages remain in Gaza, roughly 20 believed alive, as Trump hosted freed captive Edan Alexander at the White House and reiterated that a peace deal is very close.