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US President Donald Trump has remarked that "in general, agreement exists" on how the following steps of the truce agreement for Gaza will proceed, though he conceded that "some of the details … will be finalized."

"Hamas is collecting them at present," the president said, referring to the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip. "They're in some very difficult situations."

President Trump, who has been lauded by Hamas and various Israeli figures for his part in brokering a truce agreement, remarked he thinks the accord will "hold" because "they're all weary of the hostilities."

Forthcoming Meeting on Gaza Situation

At the same time, the president intends to bring together international leaders for a high-level meeting on Gaza during his travel to the Arab Republic of Egypt next week. Participants anticipated to join are delegates from Germany, the French Republic, the United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Based on sources, PM Netanyahu will not be present.

Trump's Itinerary

Trump affirmed that he would meet a "many officials" in the Egyptian capital on Monday to discuss the direction of the territory. Reports suggest that he will also travel to Israel, where he will appear at the Israeli parliament.

Significant Events

• Numerous of Palestinian residents made their way to the severely damaged northern Gaza on the end of the week as a American-negotiated truce was implemented. The remaining 48 captives—about 20 of them considered surviving—will be let go by Monday.
• Uncertainties persist over the future governance of the region as Israel's military gradually pull back and whether the organization will give up weapons, as called for in the president's truce agreement. PM Netanyahu, who terminated on his own a truce in last March, indicated that the nation might renew its operations if the group does not give up its arms.
• The UN was given the green light by Israel to start providing scaled-up humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip beginning Sunday. This assistance will comprise a large quantity that have been stored in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Egypt as aid workers expected clearance from the army to restart their work.
• An official Stéphane Dujarric informed reporters on the end of the week that fuel, medicines, and essential items have started flowing through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Agency staff want Israel to allow access through additional border crossings and guarantee protected transit for relief personnel and the population who are going back to areas in Gaza that were experiencing severe attacks up until lately.
• Lebanese President he denounced the nation on last Saturday for conducting overnight strikes on civilian facilities that the health authority said resulted in at least one death. "Yet again, southern Lebanon has been the focus of a heinous offensive against non-military facilities—with no valid reason or rationale," he remarked.
• Israel shared a roster of the Palestinian detainees that it plans to release as under the peace accord made with Hamas. Of the 250 Palestinian prisoners, fifteen will be let go in the eastern part of the city, 100 to the region, and the remainder will be deported. Initially, when the organization's delegates submitted a list of proposed prisoners to be freed to intermediaries in the Arab Republic, they requested the liberation of high-profile individuals such as the activist. Yet, Netanyahu's office affirmed it refuses to release Barghouti.