Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel expects to move very soon to the plan’s second phase, noting the final step of phase one still requires Hamas to return the body of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili.
- IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir called the Gaza Line Yellow a new frontier, a shift that would leave Israeli forces holding roughly half the enclave under the current demarcation.
- Qatar and Egypt urged an Israeli pullout and a rapid international stabilization deployment, as regional and European officials in Doha warned the process could unravel without quick progress.
- Hamas said it would place its weapons under a Palestinian authority only if the occupation ends, accepting UN separation forces but rejecting any international force mandated to disarm it.
- Key obstacles persist over who would join a stabilization force—Israel rejects Turkish participation and many Arab governments hesitate to send troops—while reports describe a fragile truce with ongoing Palestinian casualties.