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US President Donald Trump has remarked that "in general, agreement exists" on how the following steps of the Gaza ceasefire plan will work, though he acknowledged that "some of the details … will be finalized."

"Hamas is gathering them now," he stated, mentioning the captives yet to be freed in the Gaza Strip. "They are in pretty rough situations."

President Trump, who has been praised by the group and many in Israel for his involvement in brokering a peace accord, expressed he is confident the accord will "remain in place" because "the parties are exhausted by the conflict."

Forthcoming Meeting on Gaza Situation

Meanwhile, the president intends to convene international leaders for a conference on the issue during his trip to Egypt next week. Participants anticipated to take part are delegates from Germany, France, the Britain, the Italian Republic, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Based on information, PM Netanyahu is not expected to attend.

Trump's Itinerary

Trump stated that he would meet a "many officials" in Cairo on the start of the week to talk about the direction of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also go to the State of Israel, where he will address the legislative body.

Key Developments

• Numerous of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed Gaza's north on last Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect. The 48 individuals—some 20 of them thought to be surviving—are scheduled to be freed by Monday.
• Questions remain over who will govern the region as Israeli troops gradually pull back and whether the organization will disarm, as required in Trump's ceasefire plan. PM Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a truce in last March, hinted that Israel might restart its military campaign if Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons.
• The United Nations was granted permission by the government to commence distributing expanded humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip from this Sunday. The relief will involve significant amounts that have been pre-positioned in adjacent states such as the Kingdom of Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as aid workers awaited clearance from Israel's military to resume their operations.
• A representative from the UN Stéphane Dujarric informed the press on last Friday that energy supplies, medicines, and essential items have commenced entering through the Kerem Shalom border point. UN officials are calling for authorities to open more border crossings and ensure protected transit for relief personnel and civilians who are going back to parts of Gaza that were subject to intense shelling up until lately.
• The leader the head of state condemned the Israeli government on Saturday for carrying out raids during the night on non-military sites that the health ministry said resulted in at least one death. "For another time, the region has been the focus of a atrocious Israeli aggression against civilian installations—without justification or pretext," Aoun stated.
• The government provided a roster of the Palestinian prisoners that it aims to free as in accordance with the peace accord reached with Hamas. Of the 250 individuals, 15 will be let go in the eastern part of the city, a hundred to the Palestinian territory, and 135 will be expelled. Initially, when the organization's delegates presented a list of suggested inmates to be released to negotiators in the Arab Republic, they demanded the release of well-known Palestinian political figures such as the activist. Yet, the prime minister's team affirmed it declines to free the individual.