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The American leader has remarked that "in general, agreement exists" on how the following steps of the truce agreement for Gaza will proceed, though he conceded that "some of the details … will be worked out."

"They're assembling them now," the president said, mentioning the captives yet to be freed in the Gaza Strip. "They find themselves in pretty rough situations."

President Trump, who has been lauded by Hamas and many in Israel for his part in securing a truce agreement, said he believes the accord will "hold" because "they're all exhausted by the fighting."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Issue

At the same time, Trump aims to bring together global figures for a high-level meeting on the issue during his trip to the Arab Republic of Egypt next week. Among those anticipated to join are delegates from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Italian Republic, Qatar, the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per reports, the Israeli leader is not expected to attend.

Leader's Plans

Trump affirmed that he would confer with a "many dignitaries" in the Egyptian capital on Monday to talk about the prospects of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also travel to the State of Israel, where he will speak before the Israeli parliament.

Key Developments

• Many of individuals returned to the severely damaged Gaza's north on last Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire took hold. The remaining 48 individuals—some 20 of them believed to be alive—will be freed by next Monday.
• Issues linger over the future governance of Gaza as forces gradually pull back and whether the organization will disarm, as called for in the president's truce agreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called off a truce in March, suggested that the country might renew its operations if Hamas fails to give up its arms.
• The UN was authorized by the government to begin providing expanded humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip from Sunday. This assistance will comprise 170,000 metric tons that have been stored in nearby nations such as Jordan and Egypt as aid workers were waiting for authorization from Israel's military to restart their work.
• An official the spokesman told journalists on last Friday that energy supplies, medicines, and vital resources have commenced entering through the crossing point. Representatives want authorities to unseal further entry points and guarantee protected transit for relief personnel and the population who are going back to parts of Gaza that were subject to intense shelling until only recently.
• The president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun censured the nation on the weekend for executing nocturnal attacks on public installations that the ministry said caused one fatality. "For another time, the region has been the focus of a atrocious attack by Israel against civilian installations—without justification or pretext," he stated.
• Israel shared a roster of the Palestinian prisoners that it plans to free as under the peace accord reached with Hamas. From the 250 individuals, fifteen will be freed in eastern Jerusalem, one hundred to the region, and the remainder will be expelled. Originally, when the organization's delegates presented a list of proposed prisoners to be freed to mediators in the country, they called for the release of high-profile individuals such as Marwan Barghouti. Yet, Netanyahu's office confirmed it declines to free the individual.