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US President Donald Trump has remarked that "largely, agreement exists" on how the next stages of the peace deal in Gaza will work, though he admitted that "some of the details … will be finalized."

"Hamas is assembling them now," Trump said, referring to the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip. "They find themselves in very difficult locations."

The US president, who has been praised by Hamas and many in Israel for his role in achieving a ceasefire deal, expressed he believes the deal will "be sustained" because "both sides are tired of the fighting."

Planned Conference on Gaza Issue

Concurrently, the president plans to convene world leaders for a summit on Gaza during his travel to the Arab Republic of Egypt next week. Attendees anticipated to join are officials from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Qatar, the Emirates, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per reports, PM Netanyahu is not expected to attend.

President's Schedule

He affirmed that he would engage with a "many officials" in Cairo on Monday to talk about the direction of the territory. Reports suggest that he will also travel to Israel, where he will speak before the Israeli parliament.

Major Updates

• Numerous of Palestinians returned to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza on Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect. The 48 individuals—about 20 of them believed to be alive—are scheduled to be released by the start of the week.
• Questions remain over who will govern Gaza as Israeli troops gradually pull back and if Hamas will give up weapons, as required in the president's truce agreement. PM Netanyahu, who called off a ceasefire in last March, suggested that Israel might renew its operations if they does not give up its weapons.
• The UN was authorized by the government to start providing expanded aid into Gaza beginning Sunday. The aid will include a large quantity that have been stored in neighboring countries such as Jordan and the Arab Republic of Egypt as relief coordinators awaited permission from Israeli forces to resume their work.
• An official he reported to the press on Friday that petrol, medicines, and vital resources have begun moving through the crossing point. UN officials want authorities to open more crossing points and guarantee protected transit for humanitarian staff and civilians who are coming back to areas in Gaza that were subject to intense shelling just a short time ago.
• The president of Lebanon he censured the Israeli government on last Saturday for executing nocturnal attacks on non-military sites that the health authority said resulted in at least one death. "Once again, southern Lebanon has been the focus of a heinous Israeli aggression against civilian installations—without justification or rationale," the president stated.
• Israel provided a inventory of the Palestinian detainees that it intends to let go as under the ceasefire agreement made with the organization. Out of the 250 Palestinian prisoners, a group of 15 will be let go in eastern Jerusalem, a hundred to the Palestinian territory, and one hundred thirty-five will be expelled. At first, when representatives of the group presented a roster of suggested inmates to be let go to mediators in the country, they demanded the freeing of high-profile individuals such as the activist. But, Netanyahu's office stated it refuses to free Barghouti.