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President Trump has remarked that "largely, parties are aligned" on how the following steps of the Gaza ceasefire plan will work, though he admitted that "a few particulars … will be resolved."

"Hamas is assembling them at present," Trump said, speaking about the remaining hostages in Gaza. "They find themselves in pretty rough situations."

He, who has been commended by the group and many in Israel for his role in achieving a peace accord, remarked he is confident the deal will "remain in place" because "they're all weary of the conflict."

Planned Conference on Gaza Crisis

Concurrently, he plans to bring together global figures for a conference on the issue during his travel to the Arab Republic of Egypt soon. Attendees anticipated to join are officials from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Britain, Italy, Qatar, the Emirates, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the Republic of Indonesia.

According to reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be present.

Leader's Plans

Trump stated that he would engage with a "lot of dignitaries" in Cairo on next Monday to discuss the prospects of the Gaza Strip. It has been reported that he will also travel to Israel, where he will appear at the Knesset.

Significant Events

• Tens of thousands of Palestinian residents headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza on Friday as a ceasefire mediated by the US was implemented. The remaining 48 hostages—some 20 of them considered alive—are to be released by the start of the week.
• Issues linger over leadership in Gaza as forces slowly withdraw and if Hamas will relinquish arms, as called for in the president's truce agreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called off a halt in fighting in March, suggested that the nation might restart its offensive if they does not surrender its weapons.
• The United Nations was granted permission by the government to commence distributing scaled-up humanitarian assistance into Gaza starting on Sunday. The aid will include a large quantity that have been stored in nearby nations such as Jordan and Egypt as aid workers awaited clearance from Israel's military to restart their efforts.
• A representative from the UN the spokesman reported to the press on Friday that energy supplies, medicines, and other critical materials have commenced entering through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Agency staff are calling for the Israeli government to open more border crossings and ensure protected transit for humanitarian staff and civilians who are returning to areas in Gaza that were under heavy fire up until lately.
• The leader Joseph Aoun denounced the nation on the weekend for conducting overnight strikes on public installations that the ministry said resulted in at least one death. "Once again, the region has been the target of a atrocious offensive against civilian installations—with no valid reason or pretext," the president remarked.
• The government shared a list of the individuals in custody that it plans to free as under the truce deal agreed upon with Hamas. Of the 250 individuals, a group of 15 will be released in East Jerusalem, 100 to the region, and one hundred thirty-five will be sent abroad. At first, when Hamas officials presented a roster of proposed inmates to be released to negotiators in Egypt, they demanded the release of well-known Palestinian political figures such as Marwan Barghouti. Yet, the Israeli government stated it declines to let go Barghouti.