The Paris talks on Gaza begin, and Hamas awaits a response. CIA Director William Burns will participate in the Paris meeting with Qatari, Egyptian and Israeli officials (French) Talks began in Paris to discuss reaching an exchange and calm deal in the Gaza Strip, and while a Hamas official said that the movement was waiting for what the mediators would return.

Families of Israeli prisoners closed a main street in central Tel Aviv to demand the conclusion of an immediate prisoner exchange deal. The families placed 134 empty chairs in addition to the dining tables as an indication of how the families would receive their 134 prisoners.