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The American leader has stated that "largely, there is consensus" on how the following steps of the truce agreement for Gaza will work, though he conceded that "a few particulars … will be worked out."

"Hamas is gathering them now," the president said, speaking about the captives yet to be freed in the region. "They are in very difficult places."

The US president, who has been praised by Hamas and numerous Israelis for his involvement in achieving a peace accord, remarked he thinks the agreement will "remain in place" because "they're all tired of the fighting."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Crisis

Concurrently, Trump aims to assemble global figures for a conference on the issue during his visit to Egypt in the coming week. Participants slated to join are representatives from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the State of Qatar, the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Based on sources, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to attend.

President's Schedule

He confirmed that he would engage with a "numerous officials" in the Egyptian capital on the start of the week to address the future of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also go to the nation, where he will address the Knesset.

Major Updates

• Many of individuals returned to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza on last Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect. The 48 captives—approximately 20 of them considered alive—are to be let go by the start of the week.
• Issues linger over who will govern the Gaza Strip as Israel's military slowly withdraw and if Hamas will give up weapons, as called for in Trump's ceasefire plan. The Israeli leader, who terminated on his own a ceasefire in spring, indicated that Israel might restart its operations if Hamas refuses to relinquish its weapons.
• The United Nations was authorized by Israeli authorities to start delivering expanded relief into Gaza beginning the weekend. The relief will involve 170,000 metric tons that have already been positioned in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials expected permission from Israel's military to recommence their efforts.
• A representative from the UN the spokesman told the press on the end of the week that fuel, healthcare materials, and essential items have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom border point. UN officials are urging authorities to allow access through additional crossing points and ensure protected transit for humanitarian staff and the population who are coming back to regions of the territory that were subject to intense shelling up until lately.
• The leader Joseph Aoun denounced the nation on last Saturday for conducting overnight strikes on non-military sites that the health authority said caused one fatality. "For another time, the region has been the focus of a atrocious attack by Israel against civilian installations—unjustifiably or rationale," the president stated.
• The government disclosed a roster of the individuals in custody that it aims to let go as in accordance with the truce deal made with the group. Of the 250 individuals, a group of 15 will be released in East Jerusalem, one hundred to the West Bank, and 135 will be deported. At first, when representatives of the group provided a selection of proposed prisoners to be let go to intermediaries in the Arab Republic, they called for the liberation of prominent individuals such as the activist. Yet, the Israeli government stated it declines to free him.