Overview
- Vice President JD Vance is set to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, and families of released hostages, and he may also visit a U.S. command center where roughly 200 American troops are monitoring the truce.
- Humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza resumed after U.S. pressure following Israel’s temporary halt tied to retaliatory strikes.
- The IDF says Hamas fighters in Rafah fired an anti-tank missile and small arms, killing two Israeli soldiers, prompting Israeli strikes to remove what it described as an active threat.
- The ceasefire framework features hostage-release arrangements, a partial Israeli pullback from Gaza, and plans for a multinational stabilization force that faces ongoing implementation challenges.
- Hamas publicly defended recent executions of Palestinians as “exceptional measures,” drawing a warning from President Trump that continued killings would invite lethal action against the group.