Overview
- White House officials, cited by Axios, worry Israel is delaying implementation of the U.S. Gaza framework and could restart fighting with Hamas.
- Axios reports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is skeptical of core elements of the Gaza plan, including demilitarization, a technocratic cabinet, stabilization forces, and roles for Turkey and Qatar.
- A U.S. official told Axios Netanyahu has lost support among key White House figures except the president, who still wants faster movement on the Gaza deal.
- Trump says he expects to meet Zelensky in Florida this weekend and that Kyiv’s proposals “mean nothing” without his approval, and he also says he plans to speak with Putin soon.
- Allied consultations continue as Zelensky speaks with Canada’s Mark Carney, who stresses maintaining Russia sanctions, and the UK’s Keir Starmer confers with France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz on sustaining negotiations.