A Hamas official said a meeting is being organized between the group's negotiators, a senior international envoy for Gaza and the United States, according to comments carried by AFP and relayed on the Times of Israel liveblog [1]. In the official's words, "a meeting is being arranged between the Hamas negotiating delegation, the Board of Peace's high representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov, and US officials" [1]. The Board of Peace is the international body overseeing Gaza under the ceasefire framework, and Mladenov is its high representative for the territory [1].
The diplomacy ran on a second track the same day. US envoy Jared Kushner "talked with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi today about the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire," the liveblog reported, again citing AFP [1]. The subject on both tracks is implementation of the truce reached in October 2025, the question of how its terms are carried out rather than whether a new agreement can be struck [1].
Those talks are being arranged against continued fighting. The Israeli military reported striking a target near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip and a second in Khan Younis in the south [1]. Separately, an Israeli tank was hit by an explosive device in what the military described as a "grave" truce breach, with no soldiers hurt [1]. The sequence is the story: negotiators setting a table while strikes and a roadside blast keep testing whether the ceasefire they are meant to implement is still standing.
