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US President Donald Trump has indicated 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 "some of the details … will be resolved."

"Hamas is gathering them now," Trump said, mentioning the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip. "They find themselves in very difficult situations."

He, who has been commended by Hamas and numerous Israelis for his part in brokering a truce agreement, remarked he thinks the agreement will "hold" because "both sides are exhausted by the hostilities."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Issue

Concurrently, he plans to convene international leaders for a high-level meeting on the issue during his visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt next week. Attendees expected to take part are delegates from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per sources, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be absent.

President's Schedule

Trump stated that he would confer with a "numerous dignitaries" in the Egyptian capital on Monday to address the direction of the Gaza Strip. Sources indicate that he will also go to the State of Israel, where he will appear at the Knesset.

Major Updates

• Many of individuals made their way to the heavily destroyed Gaza's north on the end of the week as a US-brokered ceasefire was implemented. The remaining 48 individuals—some 20 of them considered surviving—will be let go by Monday.
• Issues linger over leadership in Gaza as Israel's military slowly withdraw and whether the organization will relinquish arms, as stipulated in Trump's ceasefire plan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who unilaterally ended a ceasefire in last March, hinted that the country might resume its offensive if Hamas fails to give up its weapons.
• The United Nations was granted permission by Israel to commence delivering increased relief into the territory from Sunday. This assistance will involve significant amounts that have already been positioned in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as aid workers were waiting for clearance from the army to resume their work.
• An official the spokesman reported to reporters on the end of the week that energy supplies, medical supplies, and essential items have begun moving through the crossing point. Representatives are urging Israel to open more crossing points and guarantee protected transit for aid workers and residents who are coming back to areas in Gaza that were under heavy fire until only recently.
• The leader the head of state censured the Israeli government on Saturday for conducting raids during the night on non-military sites that the health ministry said killed at least one person. "For another time, the south of Lebanon has been the target of a atrocious Israeli aggression against civilian installations—without justification or excuse," the president said.
• Israel shared a roster of the individuals in custody that it plans to let go as in accordance with the peace accord made with the group. Of the 250 detainees, a group of 15 will be freed in eastern Jerusalem, one hundred to the region, and one hundred thirty-five will be expelled. At first, when representatives of the group presented a selection of suggested prisoners to be let go to negotiators in the country, they requested the liberation of well-known Palestinian leaders such as the figure. However, Netanyahu's office stated it declines to free him.