Israel x Hamas Ceasefire Phase II by 2026?

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Market context

The core event is whether Israel and Hamas reach a **publicly announced mutual agreement** on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire before the market closes. Phase one has already been implemented, but the second stage has remained politically harder because it shifts from a hostage-and-pause arrangement to issues of **Israeli withdrawal, Hamas disarmament, and Gaza’s interim governance**.[1][3][10]

The current 65% implied probability sits above the pattern seen in earlier Gaza ceasefire rounds, where initial truces were comparatively easier to announce than the later terms. In the January 2025 ceasefire, phase-two talks were meant to start within days but never properly materialised before the first phase expired.[3][6][8] A similar dynamic has now repeated: the US said phase two had begun in January 2026, yet negotiations were still described as stalled by May because of renewed Israeli attacks and disagreement over disarmament.[1][2][5] That history argues for caution: markets have tended to price in diplomatic momentum early, then re-rate when the timeline slips and the parties harden positions.[3][6]

The main catalysts are formal statements from the US, Qatar, Egypt, or Israeli and Hamas negotiators, especially any announcement that a draft has become an **official agreement** rather than an outline or framework.[1][3][4] Traders should watch for whether talks produce agreed language on the sequencing of troop pullbacks, the transfer of remaining hostages or bodies, and the structure of Gaza’s transitional administration, because those are the items repeatedly identified as the sticking points.[2][3][10][18] Any new ceasefire breach, cabinet delay, or insistence on prior conditions would likely undermine the probability, while a declared mediators’ breakthrough or ratification by Israel’s cabinet and Hamas leadership would move it sharply higher.[1][5][9]

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