US President Donald Trump says Israel’s captives will be released only after Hamas is “destroyed,” openly giving a green light to Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza City, while the Palestinian resistance movement has accepted a proposed deal for ceasefire and prisoner exchange with the occupying regime.

A senior Hamas official says the Israeli prime minister is trying to kill Israeli captives through starvation after failing to kill them in airstrikes.

Hamas agrees to the release 10 Israeli captives, expressing hope that the step would facilitate progress towards a comprehensive ceasefire deal.

Hamas has released an Israeli-US soldier, reiterating readiness to begin Gaza ceasefire talks stalled by Israel.

Israeli broadcaster KAN says the Israeli military has used a fabricated tunnel discovery in Gaza to delay a captive/prisoner exchange deal.

The UN Rapporteur on Palestine tells the US envoy to Israel that blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza constitutes a war crime.

Hamas says the resistance treats Israeli captives “humanely” while the regime forces commit torture and killings in violation of international law.

The forum representing the families of Israelis held in Gaza says Netanyahu's cabinet chooses to occupy more territory over releasing captives.

Hamas warns the families of the Israeli captives remaining in the Gaza Strip that their relatives might soon be killed as a result of the Israeli regime’s relentless bombardment of the coastal sliver.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas lambastes Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for sacrificing the lives of the Gaza Strip’s children by prolonging Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on the territory.