At 0900, the President and the Secretary of War gather hundreds of flag officers at Quantico for an esprit-de-corps meeting, followed by an Oval Office address at 1100. Separately, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a Gaza plan with an immediate ceasefire if accepted, a hostages-for-prisoners exchange, amnesty for disarming Hamas, relief, temporary technocratic governance under a Trump-chaired international board, and a phased IDF withdrawal overseen by an International Stabilization Force. In U.S.–China policy, Commerce department extends Entity List controls to subsidiaries, tightening access to technologies; Beijing condemns the move amid a manufacturing PMI contraction. China proposes a South China Sea “marine reserve,” warns the Philippines over U.S.–Japan drills, expands training in the Solomon Islands, and simulates strikes on HMS Richmond in the Taiwan Strait. In Syria, clashes intensify between regime forces and the SDF near the Tishrin Dam and eastern Aleppo. At home, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer flags gaps in budget talks. Illinois reports a federal request to deploy 100 military personnel to protect ICE, while a judge in Oregon weighs blocking domestic National Guard deployments.