Al-Qassam Brigades announced losing contact with the group holding American-Israeli soldier Eidan Alexander after an Israeli bombing, a development occurring while Hamas studied a new ceasefire proposal to which they promised a response within 48 hours. UNRWA warned of imminent famine in Gaza as supplies ran out, reporting that food was rotting at border crossings while humanitarian conditions deteriorated across the territory.
Thousands of settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque for the third day of Passover while Ben-Gvir led incursions at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. Egyptian sources indicated ceasefire negotiations might see positive developments soon as "the deadline is ending."
By afternoon, Al-Qassam escalated rhetoric, warning Israeli prisoners' families their sons would return in "black coffins." Palestinian factions unanimously rejected resistance disarmament as a "red line" and "political trap," specifically responding to this condition in the Egyptian proposal Hamas rejected yesterday.