Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the Lebanese government must stop making pointless concessions via direct talks with Israel, which he said have produced only shame, humiliation and disappointment and effectively handed everything to Israel. He said a US‑Iran memorandum of understanding remains the only path to securing Israeli withdrawal.

ARAMCO will continue to use the East-West pipeline to ensure crude flows within its network.

Gaza 'Peace Committee' said Israeli forces will fully withdraw to positions beyond Gaza's eastern 'yellow line' once Hamas completes the disarmament process. The statement, reiterated after a meeting between committee director Nikolay Mladenov and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, said the committee's objective is complete removal of weapons in Gaza and a transition from armed control to civilian governance. Implementation of civilian governance would be supervised by an international stabilization force and a verification committee, of which the US and the Peace Committee are members.