Overview
- Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, with Vice President JD Vance due to arrive Tuesday to support the U.S.-brokered deal.
- President Trump said the ceasefire remains in effect and warned Hamas that further breaches would trigger its eradication, while ruling out deploying U.S. troops.
- Israel says two soldiers were killed near Rafah by Hamas fire and responded with dozens of strikes, with Gaza health and civil defense agencies reporting roughly 44–45 Palestinians killed; both sides then reiterated commitment to the truce.
- Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing for aid after a brief halt, while officials have linked any reopening of Rafah to the full return of deceased hostages’ remains.
- Hamas handed over another hostage’s body Monday, bringing confirmed returns to 13 of 28 pledged, as Israel marked the ‘yellow line’ inside Gaza and reported firing on people it said crossed into restricted areas.