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President Trump has stated that "in general, there is consensus" on how the subsequent phases of the truce agreement for Gaza will work, though he conceded that "some of the details … will be resolved."

"They're collecting them now," the president said, referring to the remaining hostages in Gaza. "They find themselves in very difficult locations."

President Trump, who has been lauded by the organization and many in Israel for his part in securing a truce agreement, said he thinks the deal will "hold" because "the parties are exhausted by the fighting."

Forthcoming Meeting on Gaza Situation

At the same time, he aims to assemble global figures for a summit on Gaza during his trip to Egypt in the coming week. Attendees anticipated to join are representatives from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the UK, Italy, the State of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, the Republic of Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per sources, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be absent.

Trump's Itinerary

The president confirmed that he would meet a "lot of dignitaries" in Cairo on the start of the week to address the direction of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also go to the nation, where he will speak before the Israeli parliament.

Key Developments

• Numerous of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza on last Friday as a American-negotiated truce took hold. Those still 48 individuals—some 20 of them considered living—are scheduled to be freed by Monday.
• Questions remain over the future governance of Gaza as Israeli troops gradually pull back and whether the group will give up weapons, as stipulated in Trump's ceasefire plan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a truce in last March, hinted that Israel might renew its military campaign if they fails to surrender its weapons.
• The United Nations was given the green light by Israel to commence delivering scaled-up relief into the Gaza Strip beginning Sunday. The relief will include 170,000 metric tons that have been stored in adjacent states such as the Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt as relief coordinators awaited permission from Israeli forces to recommence their work.
• An official the spokesman reported to the press on the end of the week that petrol, medical supplies, and other critical materials have commenced entering through the Kerem Shalom border point. UN officials are calling for Israel to open more crossing points and guarantee safe movement for relief personnel and the population who are returning to parts of Gaza that were under heavy fire until only recently.
• Lebanese President the head of state condemned the Israeli government on the weekend for conducting raids during the night on civilian facilities that the health authority said caused one fatality. "For another time, the south of Lebanon has been the focus of a heinous offensive against non-military facilities—without justification or pretext," Aoun remarked.
• Israeli authorities shared a list of the Palestinian prisoners that it plans to release as part of the truce deal reached with Hamas. Of the 250 detainees, a group of 15 will be let go in East Jerusalem, a hundred to the Palestinian territory, and one hundred thirty-five will be expelled. Initially, when Hamas officials presented a roster of proposed prisoners to be freed to intermediaries in the country, they called for the liberation of well-known Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. However, the prime minister's team stated it declines to free him.