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US President Donald Trump has remarked that "for the most part, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the truce agreement for Gaza will work, though he acknowledged that "a few particulars … will be worked out."

"Hamas is gathering them currently," Trump commented, referring to the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip. "They are in pretty rough places."

The US president, who has been commended by the group and various Israeli figures for his part in brokering a truce agreement, said he believes the deal will "be sustained" because "they're all weary of the conflict."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Issue

Meanwhile, he aims to assemble international leaders for a high-level meeting on Gaza during his trip to the Arab Republic of Egypt in the coming week. Participants expected to join are delegates from Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, the Republic of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

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

President's Schedule

He stated that he would engage with a "lot of officials" in Cairo on Monday to discuss the prospects of Gaza. Sources indicate that he will also travel to Israel, where he will appear at the Israeli parliament.

Major Updates

• Tens of thousands of Palestinian residents made their way to the severely damaged northern Gaza Strip on the end of the week as a American-negotiated truce came into effect. The 48 captives—approximately 20 of them considered living—will be released by next Monday.
• Uncertainties persist over leadership in the Gaza Strip as forces retreat step by step and whether the organization will give up weapons, as required in the proposed deal. PM Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a halt in fighting in spring, hinted that the country might restart its offensive if the group does not give up its military assets.
• The United Nations was authorized by the government to begin delivering scaled-up aid into the Gaza Strip starting on the weekend. The relief will involve 170,000 metric tons that have been pre-positioned in nearby nations such as Jordan and Egypt as aid workers were waiting for clearance from Israel's military to restart their work.
• An official Stéphane Dujarric told the press on Friday that petrol, medical supplies, and other critical materials have begun moving through the crossing point. Agency staff are urging the Israeli government to unseal further crossing points and guarantee protected transit for aid workers and the population who are going back to regions of the territory that were experiencing severe attacks up until lately.
• The president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun condemned Israel on last Saturday for carrying out nocturnal attacks on civilian facilities that the health authority said resulted in at least one death. "Yet again, southern Lebanon has been the object of a heinous Israeli aggression against non-military facilities—unjustifiably or pretext," he said.
• The government provided a inventory of the individuals in custody that it plans to free as part of the ceasefire agreement made with the organization. Out of the 250 individuals, fifteen will be freed in eastern Jerusalem, one hundred to the Palestinian territory, and one hundred thirty-five will be expelled. Initially, when representatives of the group submitted a roster of recommended detainees to be freed to mediators in the country, they demanded the freeing of well-known Palestinian political figures such as the figure. Yet, the prime minister's team stated it will not agree to release Barghouti.