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President Trump has stated that "largely, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the truce agreement for Gaza will proceed, though he admitted that "a few particulars … will be finalized."

"They're collecting them currently," the president commented, referring to the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip. "They're in some quite harsh places."

President Trump, who has been lauded by the group and various Israeli figures for his involvement in securing a peace accord, said he thinks the agreement will "hold" because "the parties are exhausted by the fighting."

Forthcoming Meeting on Gaza Crisis

Concurrently, Trump intends to convene world leaders for a conference on Gaza during his trip to Egypt in the coming week. Attendees anticipated to participate are officials from Germany, France, the Britain, Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to attend.

President's Schedule

He affirmed that he would confer with a "lot of leaders" in Cairo on next Monday to address the prospects of the Gaza Strip. Sources indicate that he will also visit Israel, where he will address the Israeli parliament.

Major Updates

• Tens of thousands of individuals returned to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect. Those still 48 individuals—about 20 of them believed to be alive—will be freed by the start of the week.
• Questions remain over who will govern Gaza as Israeli troops gradually pull back and if the group will give up weapons, as stipulated in the president's truce agreement. PM Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a truce in March, suggested that Israel might restart its operations if they fails to relinquish its arms.
• The international body was authorized by the government to commence distributing increased aid into the Gaza Strip beginning Sunday. The aid will include 170,000 metric tons that have been pre-positioned in adjacent states such as Jordan and Egypt as relief coordinators awaited clearance from Israel's military to restart their efforts.
• UN spokesperson he told journalists on the end of the week that fuel, medicines, and vital resources have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Representatives are urging authorities to open more crossing points and ensure secure passage for aid workers and residents who are returning to parts of Gaza that were subject to intense shelling just a short time ago.
• Lebanese President he condemned the nation on Saturday for executing nocturnal attacks on public installations that the health authority said resulted in at least one death. "Once again, the region has been the focus of a atrocious attack by Israel against civilian installations—unjustifiably or rationale," Aoun stated.
• Israeli authorities shared a roster of the Palestinian detainees that it intends to free as in accordance with the peace accord made with Hamas. Of the 250 detainees, 15 will be freed in East Jerusalem, a hundred to the West Bank, and 135 will be sent abroad. At first, when Hamas officials provided a selection of proposed prisoners to be freed to mediators in the country, they demanded the release of well-known individuals such as Marwan Barghouti. But, the prime minister's team confirmed it will not agree to release him.