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US President Donald Trump has stated that "for the most part, there is consensus" on how the next stages of the Gaza ceasefire plan will unfold, though he admitted that "certain specifics … will be finalized."

"Hamas is collecting them at present," he stated, mentioning the captives yet to be freed in the region. "They are in quite harsh situations."

President Trump, who has been lauded by Hamas and various Israeli figures for his involvement in securing a ceasefire deal, said he thinks the agreement will "be sustained" because "both sides are tired of the fighting."

Planned Conference on Gaza Situation

Concurrently, the president aims to assemble world leaders for a conference on the Gaza situation during his trip to the Arab Republic of Egypt soon. Attendees anticipated to join are delegates from the European nation, France, the Britain, Italy, Qatar, the Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

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

Leader's Plans

The president confirmed that he would confer with a "numerous dignitaries" in Cairo on next Monday to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip. Reports suggest that he will also go to Israel, where he will address the Israeli parliament.

Key Developments

• Many of Palestinians made their way to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza on last Friday as a ceasefire mediated by the US was implemented. The 48 individuals—about 20 of them thought to be alive—are to be released by the start of the week.
• Questions remain over who will govern the region as forces gradually pull back and if the organization will give up weapons, as called for in the proposed deal. The Israeli leader, who unilaterally ended a ceasefire in spring, suggested that the nation might restart its military campaign if Hamas fails to surrender its arms.
• The UN was authorized by the government to begin distributing expanded relief into the territory starting on the weekend. The relief will include 170,000 metric tons that have already been positioned in adjacent states such as Jordan and Egypt as humanitarian officials were waiting for clearance from the army to resume their work.
• UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists on the end of the week that fuel, medicines, and vital resources have begun moving through the crossing point. Agency staff are urging authorities to allow access through additional border crossings and guarantee secure passage for relief personnel and the population who are coming back to parts of Gaza that were experiencing severe attacks until only recently.
• Lebanese President Joseph Aoun censured the nation on Saturday for executing nocturnal attacks on non-military sites that the health authority said resulted in at least one death. "Yet again, the south of Lebanon has been the object of a heinous Israeli aggression against civilian installations—without justification or rationale," the president stated.
• Israeli authorities provided a inventory of the Palestinian detainees that it intends to release as under the truce deal reached with the organization. Out of the 250 Palestinian prisoners, a group of 15 will be freed in eastern Jerusalem, one hundred to the region, and the remainder will be expelled. At first, when the organization's delegates submitted a list of suggested prisoners to be freed to mediators in Egypt, they requested the freeing of well-known individuals such as Marwan Barghouti. However, the Israeli government confirmed it will not agree to let go Barghouti.