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President Trump has remarked that "largely, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the Gaza ceasefire plan will proceed, though he admitted that "a few particulars … will be resolved."

"Hamas is collecting them now," Trump commented, mentioning the captives yet to be freed in Gaza. "They're in some very difficult places."

The US president, who has been lauded by the group and numerous Israelis for his part in brokering a ceasefire deal, said he is confident the agreement will "remain in place" because "both sides are weary of the fighting."

Forthcoming Meeting on Gaza Situation

At the same time, Trump intends to convene international leaders for a summit on the issue during his travel to Egypt in the coming week. Among those anticipated to participate are officials from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Britain, the Italian Republic, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the Republic of Indonesia.

As per reports, PM Netanyahu will be absent.

Leader's Plans

He confirmed that he would confer with a "many leaders" in the Egyptian capital on Monday to discuss the direction of Gaza. Sources indicate that he will also go to Israel, where he will address the Israeli parliament.

Key Developments

• Many of Palestinian residents made their way to the severely damaged Gaza's north on last Friday as a American-negotiated truce took hold. The 48 individuals—approximately 20 of them thought to be alive—are scheduled to be released by next Monday.
• Uncertainties persist over the future governance of the Gaza Strip as Israeli troops gradually pull back and if Hamas will disarm, as required in the president's truce agreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who unilaterally ended a truce in last March, suggested that the country might restart its operations if Hamas refuses to relinquish its weapons.
• The international body was given the green light by the government to start distributing expanded relief into the territory from Sunday. The aid will involve 170,000 metric tons that have been stored in adjacent states such as Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as relief coordinators were waiting for clearance from Israeli forces to resume their work.
• An official the spokesman reported to the press on last Friday that energy supplies, medicines, and vital resources have commenced entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Representatives want Israel to unseal further border crossings and provide protected transit for aid workers and the population who are returning to areas in Gaza that were under heavy fire until only recently.
• Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned Israel on the weekend for executing raids during the night on public installations that the health ministry said caused one fatality. "For another time, southern Lebanon has been the target of a egregious Israeli aggression against civilian structures—unjustifiably or rationale," the president remarked.
• Israeli authorities provided a inventory of the Palestinian prisoners that it aims to release as under the ceasefire agreement reached with the group. Of the 250 Palestinian prisoners, 15 will be released in the eastern part of the city, a hundred to the West Bank, and the remainder will be expelled. At first, when Hamas officials presented a roster of suggested inmates to be released to intermediaries in the country, they requested the liberation of high-profile individuals such as Marwan Barghouti. However, Netanyahu's office affirmed it declines to release the individual.