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US President Donald Trump has stated that "for the most part, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the peace deal in Gaza will proceed, though he admitted that "some of the details … will be worked out."

"Hamas is collecting them currently," he said, mentioning the captives yet to be freed in Gaza. "They are in pretty rough locations."

The US president, who has been praised by the organization and numerous Israelis for his involvement in securing a peace accord, remarked he is confident the deal will "hold" because "they're all exhausted by the fighting."

Upcoming Summit on Gaza Issue

Concurrently, the president aims to assemble global figures for a conference on the issue during his visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt next week. Participants slated to take part are delegates from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Britain, the Italian Republic, the State of Qatar, the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and Indonesia.

As per sources, the Israeli leader will not be present.

Trump's Itinerary

He affirmed that he would meet a "many dignitaries" in the Egyptian capital on next Monday to discuss the future of Gaza. It has been reported that he will also go to the nation, where he will speak before the Israeli parliament.

Significant Events

• Numerous of Palestinian residents headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on last Friday as a ceasefire mediated by the US was implemented. Those still 48 captives—about 20 of them considered alive—will be released by the start of the week.
• Issues linger over the future governance of Gaza as Israeli troops gradually pull back and whether the group will give up weapons, as called for in Trump's ceasefire plan. PM Netanyahu, who unilaterally ended a truce in March, indicated that the country might resume its offensive if Hamas does not surrender its arms.
• The international body was authorized by Israeli authorities to begin delivering increased relief into the territory from the weekend. The aid will comprise a large quantity that have been stored in neighboring countries such as the Kingdom of Jordan and Egypt as aid workers awaited permission from Israel's military to resume their efforts.
• An official Stéphane Dujarric informed reporters on Friday that energy supplies, medicines, and vital resources have begun moving through the crossing point. Agency staff are calling for Israel to open more border crossings and guarantee protected transit for relief personnel and residents who are coming back to parts of Gaza that were experiencing severe attacks just a short time ago.
• The president of Lebanon Joseph Aoun censured the Israeli government on Saturday for executing raids during the night on civilian facilities that the health authority said killed at least one person. "Yet again, southern Lebanon has been the object of a egregious attack by Israel against civilian structures—unjustifiably or pretext," the president stated.
• Israel provided a list of the Palestinian prisoners that it aims to let go as under the peace accord reached with the group. Out of the 250 Palestinian prisoners, fifteen will be let go in eastern Jerusalem, one hundred to the Palestinian territory, and the remainder will be sent abroad. At first, when the organization's delegates provided a roster of recommended prisoners to be released to intermediaries in the country, they requested the release of prominent individuals such as the activist. Yet, Netanyahu's office affirmed it refuses to let go Barghouti.