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US President Donald Trump has stated that "in general, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the truce agreement for Gaza will work, though he admitted that "certain specifics … will be worked out."

"They're gathering them at present," he commented, speaking about the hostages still held in Gaza. "They're in some quite harsh places."

The US president, who has been lauded by Hamas and various Israeli figures for his part in brokering a ceasefire deal, expressed he thinks the deal will "hold" because "both sides are exhausted by the fighting."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Crisis

Meanwhile, he aims to bring together international leaders for a summit on Gaza during his trip to the Arab Republic of Egypt next week. Attendees anticipated to participate are representatives from the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Britain, Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per sources, the Israeli leader will not be present.

Trump's Itinerary

Trump confirmed that he would confer with a "many dignitaries" in Cairo on the start of the week to talk about the direction of the Gaza Strip. Sources indicate that he will also go to the State of Israel, where he will speak before the legislative body.

Significant Events

• Numerous of Palestinians returned to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza on the end of the week as a American-negotiated truce took hold. Those still 48 hostages—about 20 of them believed to be living—are scheduled to be released by the start of the week.
• Questions remain over the future governance of the region as Israeli troops slowly withdraw and if Hamas will give up weapons, as required in the proposed deal. The Israeli leader, who unilaterally ended a truce in last March, indicated that the country might renew its operations if the group fails to surrender its arms.
• The international body was authorized by Israeli authorities to start delivering increased relief into the territory from the weekend. The aid will involve 170,000 metric tons that have been pre-positioned in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as aid workers awaited authorization from Israeli forces to resume their work.
• A representative from the UN Stéphane Dujarric reported to reporters on Friday that energy supplies, healthcare materials, and other critical materials have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom crossing. UN officials want authorities to open more crossing points and guarantee protected transit for humanitarian staff and residents who are going back to areas in Gaza that were subject to intense shelling up until lately.
• The leader he condemned the nation on the weekend for carrying out nocturnal attacks on public installations that the health authority said caused one fatality. "Yet again, the region has been the focus of a atrocious Israeli aggression against civilian installations—unjustifiably or rationale," the president stated.
• Israeli authorities disclosed a list of the Palestinian prisoners that it plans to release as in accordance with the truce deal made with the organization. From the 250 detainees, a group of 15 will be released in the eastern part of the city, one hundred to the Palestinian territory, and the remainder will be expelled. At first, when the organization's delegates provided a list of suggested prisoners to be released to mediators in the Arab Republic, they requested the freeing of well-known Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. Yet, the prime minister's team stated it refuses to let go him.